diff --git a/acqui/basket.pl b/acqui/basket.pl
index e5469480cc..047ae84a1d 100755
--- a/acqui/basket.pl
+++ b/acqui/basket.pl
@@ -306,13 +306,6 @@ if ( $op eq 'delete_confirm' ) {
                 $basketgroup = $bg;
             }
         }
-        my %emptygroup = ( id   =>   undef,
-                           name =>   "No group");
-        if ( ! $basket->{basketgroupid} ) {
-            $emptygroup{default} = 1;
-            $emptygroup{nogroup} = 1;
-        }
-        unshift( @$basketgroups, \%emptygroup );
     }
 
     # if the basket is closed, calculate estimated delivery date
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/basket.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/basket.tt
index e774a6ec4f..cd3117613c 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/basket.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/basket.tt
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
                             [%- END -%]
                           [% ELSE %]
                             <select id="basketgroupid" name="basketgroupid">
-                              <option value="new">Add new group</option>
+                              <option value="">No group</option>
                               [% FOREACH bg IN basketgroups %]
                                 [% IF ( bg.default ) %]
                                     <option value="[% bg.id %]" selected="selected">[% bg.name %]</option>
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@
                                   [% END %]
                                 [% END %]
                               [% END %]
+                              <option value="new">Add new group</option>
                             </select>
                             <input type="hidden" id="basketno" value="[% basketno %]" name="basketno" />
                             <input type="hidden" value="mod_basket" name="op" />