diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/reserve/request.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/reserve/request.tt
index 9cb4487815..de4b956920 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/reserve/request.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/reserve/request.tt
@@ -445,8 +445,6 @@
                     <form action="placerequest.pl" method="post" name="form" id="hold-request-form">
 
                         <input type="hidden" name="borrowernumber" value="[% patron.borrowernumber | html %]" />
-                        <input type="hidden" name="type" value="str8" />
-
                         [% FOREACH biblionumber IN biblionumbers %]
                             <input type="hidden" name="biblionumber" value="[% biblionumber | html %]"/>
                         [% END %]
diff --git a/reserve/placerequest.pl b/reserve/placerequest.pl
index 7b8f7f84ac..4f255fdcc5 100755
--- a/reserve/placerequest.pl
+++ b/reserve/placerequest.pl
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ my $notes          = $input->param('notes');
 my $branch         = $input->param('pickup');
 my $startdate      = $input->param('reserve_date') || '';
 my @rank           = $input->multi_param('rank-request');
-my $type           = $input->param('type');
 my $title          = $input->param('title');
 my $checkitem      = $input->param('checkitem');
 my $expirationdate = $input->param('expiration_date');
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ foreach my $bibnum ( @holdable_bibs ) {
 
 my $found;
 
-if ( $type eq 'str8' && $patron ) {
+if ( $patron ) {
 
     foreach my $biblionumber ( keys %bibinfos ) {