diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/additional-contents.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/additional-contents.tt
index c693a68b2e..21dd0eeb04 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/additional-contents.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/additional-contents.tt
@@ -366,16 +366,22 @@
                                 </ul>
                             </div>
                             <div class="btn-group">
-                                <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/tools/additional-contents.pl?op=del&amp;ids=[% c.idnew | uri %]" class="delete_news btn btn-default btn-xs"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i> Delete</a>
+                                <a href="#" class="delete_news btn btn-default btn-xs" data-idnew="[% c.idnew | html %]"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i> Delete</a>
                             </div>
                         </td>
                     </tr>
                     [% END %]
                 </tbody>
             </table>
-            <input type="hidden" name="op" value="del" />
+            <input type="hidden" name="op" value="delete_confirmed" />
+            <input type="hidden" name="category" value="[% category | html %]" />
             <fieldset class="action"><input type="submit" class="button" value="Delete selected" /></fieldset>
         </form>
+        <form action="/cgi-bin/koha/tools/additional-contents.pl" method="post" id="delete_single">
+            <input type="hidden" id="del_op" name="op" value="delete_confirmed" />
+            <input type="hidden" id="del_category" name="category" value="[% category | html %]" />
+            <input type="hidden" id="del_ids" name="ids" />
+        </form>
     [% ELSE %]
         <div class="dialog message">There are no additional contents.</div>
     [% END %]
@@ -482,15 +488,19 @@
                     "sPaginationType": "full_numbers"
                 }));
 
-                $(".delete_news").on("click", function(){
-                    return confirmDelete( _("Are you sure you want to delete this news item? This cannot be undone.") );
+                $("#del_form").on("click", ".delete_news", function(e){
+                    e.preventDefault();
+                    if( confirmDelete( _("Are you sure you want to delete this content? This cannot be undone.") ) ){
+                        $("#del_ids").val( $(this).data("idnew") );
+                        $("#delete_single").submit();
+                    }
                 });
 
                 $("#del_form").on("submit",function(){
                     if ( Checkbox() ) {
-                        return confirmDelete( _("Are you sure you want to delete the selected news?") );
+                        return confirmDelete( _("Are you sure you want to delete the selected content?") );
                     } else {
-                        alert(_("Please select a news item to delete."));
+                        alert(_("Please select content to delete."));
                         return false;
                     }
                 });
diff --git a/tools/additional-contents.pl b/tools/additional-contents.pl
index e4a409cb68..288c6e1ab7 100755
--- a/tools/additional-contents.pl
+++ b/tools/additional-contents.pl
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ elsif ( $op eq 'add_validate' ) {
 elsif ( $op eq 'delete_confirmed' ) {
     my @ids = $cgi->multi_param('ids');
     my $deleted =
-      eval { Koha::AdditionalContents->search( { idnew => @ids } )->delete; };
+        map { Koha::AdditionalContents->find($_)->delete() } @ids;
 
     if ( $@ or not $deleted ) {
         push @messages, { type => 'error', code => 'error_on_delete' };