diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/datatables.js b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/datatables.js
index dcfef3cf7a..58dc8567ea 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/datatables.js
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/datatables.js
@@ -1058,12 +1058,14 @@ function _dt_add_filters(table_node, table_dt, filters_options = {}) {
                     filters_options[i] = filters_options[i](table_dt);
                 }
                 $(filters_options[i]).each(function () {
+                    let optionValue =
+                        table_dt.settings()[0].ajax !== null
+                            ? `^${this._id}$`
+                            : this._id;
                     let o = $(
-                        '<option value="^%s$">%s</option>'.format(
-                            this._id,
-                            this._str
-                        )
+                        `<option value="${optionValue}">${this._str}</option>`
                     );
+
                     // Compare with lc, or selfreg won't match ^SELFREG$ for instance, see bug 32517
                     // This is only for category, we might want to apply it only in this case.
                     existing_search = existing_search.toLowerCase();
@@ -1142,7 +1144,6 @@ function _dt_add_delay_filters(table_dt, table_node) {
                 .find("select")
                 .unbind()
                 .bind("keyup change", function () {
-                    let value = this.value.length ? "^" + this.value + "$" : "";
                     col_select_search(i, this.value);
                 });
         });