diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/recalls/recalls_to_pull.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/recalls/recalls_to_pull.tt
index 9d84e5840c..dba569bc1d 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/recalls/recalls_to_pull.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/recalls/recalls_to_pull.tt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                             <th class="recall-enumeration">Available enumeration</th>
                             <th class="recall-itemtypes">Available item types</th>
                             <th class="recall-locations">Available locations</th>
-                            <th class="recall-date title-string">Earliest recall date</th>
+                            <th class="recall-date">Earliest recall date</th>
                             <th class="recall-action no-sort">&nbsp;</th>
                         </tr>
                     </thead>
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
                                     </ul>
                                 </td>
                                 <td class="recall-date">
-                                    <span title="[% recall.first_recall.created_date | html %]">[% recall.first_recall.created_date | $KohaDates %] in [% recall.first_recall.library.branchname | html %]</span>
+                                    <span data-order="[% recall.first_recall.created_date | html %]">[% recall.first_recall.created_date | $KohaDates %] in [% recall.first_recall.library.branchname | html %]</span>
                                 </td>
                                 <td class="recall-action">
                                     <form action="/cgi-bin/koha/recalls/recalls_to_pull.pl" method="post">
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@
     <script>
         $(document).ready(function () {
             $("#recalls-table").kohaTable({
-                columnDefs: [{ type: "title-string", targets: ["title-string"] }],
                 pagingType: "full_numbers",
             });
 
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/recalls/recalls_waiting.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/recalls/recalls_waiting.tt
index b289fa6b3e..b17717d23d 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/recalls/recalls_waiting.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/recalls/recalls_waiting.tt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
                         <table id="recallswaiting-table">
                             <thead
                                 ><tr>
-                                    <th class="recall-waitingdate title-string">Available since</th>
+                                    <th class="recall-waitingdate">Available since</th>
                                     <th class="recall-title anti-the">Title</th>
                                     <th class="recall-patron">Requested by</th>
                                     <th class="recall-library">Pickup location</th>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
                             <tbody>
                                 [% FOREACH recall IN recalls %]
                                     <tr>
-                                        <td class="recall-waitingdate">[% recall.waiting_date | $KohaDates %]</td>
+                                        <td data-order="[% recall.waiting_date | html %]" class="recall-waitingdate">[% recall.waiting_date | $KohaDates %]</td>
                                         <td class="recall-title">
                                             <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/detail.pl?biblionumber=[% recall.biblio_id | uri %]">
                                                 [% recall.biblio.title | html %]
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
                             <table id="recallsover-table">
                                 <thead
                                     ><tr>
-                                        <th class="recall-waitingdate title-string">Available since</th>
+                                        <th class="recall-waitingdate">Available since</th>
                                         <th class="recall-title anti-the">Title</th>
                                         <th class="recall-patron">Requested by</th>
                                         <th class="recall-library">Pickup location</th>
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
                                 <tbody>
                                     [% FOREACH recall IN over %]
                                         <tr>
-                                            <td class="recall-waitingdate">[% recall.waiting_date | $KohaDates %]</td>
+                                            <td data-order="[% recall.waiting_date | html %]" class="recall-waitingdate">[% recall.waiting_date | $KohaDates %]</td>
                                             <td class="recall-title">
                                                 [% INCLUDE 'biblio-title.inc' biblio=recall.biblio link = 1 %]
                                                 [% IF recall.biblio.author %]by [% recall.biblio.author | html %][% END %]
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/datatables.js b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/datatables.js
index dfa8e93af0..3d10338618 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/datatables.js
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/datatables.js
@@ -222,34 +222,6 @@ $.fn.dataTableExt.oSort["num-html-desc"] = function (a, b) {
     });
 })();
 
-/* Plugin to allow sorting on data stored in a span's title attribute
- *
- * Ex: <td><span title="[% ISO_date %]">[% formatted_date %]</span></td>
- *
- * In DataTables config:
- *     "data": [
- *        { "type": "title-string" },
- *      ]
- * http://datatables.net/plug-ins/sorting#hidden_title_string
- */
-jQuery.extend(jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort, {
-    "title-string-pre": function (a) {
-        var m = a.match(/title="(.*?)"/);
-        if (null !== m && m.length) {
-            return m[1].toLowerCase();
-        }
-        return "";
-    },
-
-    "title-string-asc": function (a, b) {
-        return a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0;
-    },
-
-    "title-string-desc": function (a, b) {
-        return a < b ? 1 : a > b ? -1 : 0;
-    },
-});
-
 (function () {
     /* Plugin to allow text sorting to ignore articles
      *
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/recalls.js b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/recalls.js
index 1da935810a..5c6255b23d 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/recalls.js
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/recalls.js
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
     });
 
     $("#recalls-table").kohaTable({
-        columnDefs: [{ type: "title-string", targets: ["title-string"] }],
         order: [[1, "asc"]],
         pagingType: "full_numbers",
     });