diff --git a/tools/batchMod.pl b/tools/batchMod.pl
index dc246a96e7..9791943127 100755
--- a/tools/batchMod.pl
+++ b/tools/batchMod.pl
@@ -336,9 +336,8 @@ foreach my $tag (sort keys %{$tagslib}) {
         next if IsMarcStructureInternal( $tagslib->{$tag}{$subfield} );
         next if (not $allowAllSubfields and $restrictededition && !grep { $tag . '$' . $subfield eq $_ } @subfieldsToAllow );
     	next if ($tagslib->{$tag}->{$subfield}->{'tab'} ne "10");
-        # barcode and stocknumber are not meant to be batch-modified
-    	next if $tagslib->{$tag}->{$subfield}->{'kohafield'} eq 'items.barcode';
-    	next if $tagslib->{$tag}->{$subfield}->{'kohafield'} eq 'items.stocknumber';
+        # barcode is not meant to be batch-modified
+        next if $tagslib->{$tag}->{$subfield}->{'kohafield'} eq 'items.barcode';
 	my %subfield_data;
  
 	my $index_subfield = int(rand(1000000));