diff --git a/C4/Reserves.pm b/C4/Reserves.pm
index d96d6ce43b..c36eb669d6 100644
--- a/C4/Reserves.pm
+++ b/C4/Reserves.pm
@@ -398,11 +398,8 @@ sub CanBookBeReserved{
   if ($canReserve->{status} eq 'OK') { #We can reserve this Item! }
 
   current params are:
-  'ignore_found_holds' - if true holds that have been trapped are not counted
-  toward the patron limit, used by checkHighHolds to avoid counting the hold we will fill with the
-  current checkout against the high holds threshold
   'ignore_hold_counts' - we use this routine to check if an item can fill a hold - on this case we
-  should not check if there are too many holds as we only csre about reservability
+  should not check if there are too many holds as we only care about reservability
 
 @RETURNS { status => OK },              if the Item can be reserved.
          { status => ageRestricted },   if the Item is age restricted for this borrower.
@@ -515,7 +512,6 @@ sub CanItemBeReserved {
                 borrowernumber => $patron->borrowernumber,
                 biblionumber   => $item->biblionumber,
             };
-            $search_params->{found} = undef if $params->{ignore_found_holds};
             my $holds = Koha::Holds->search($search_params);
             return { status => "tooManyHoldsForThisRecord", limit => $holds_per_record } if $holds->count() >= $holds_per_record;
         }
diff --git a/t/db_dependent/Reserves/MultiplePerRecord.t b/t/db_dependent/Reserves/MultiplePerRecord.t
index 07f7ea9aba..bd15b7be19 100755
--- a/t/db_dependent/Reserves/MultiplePerRecord.t
+++ b/t/db_dependent/Reserves/MultiplePerRecord.t
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 use Modern::Perl;
 
-use Test::More tests => 16;
+use Test::More tests => 15;
 use t::lib::TestBuilder;
 use t::lib::Mocks;
 
@@ -251,7 +251,4 @@ Koha::Holds->find($hold_id)->found("W")->store;
 $can = CanBookBeReserved($patron->{borrowernumber}, $biblio->biblionumber);
 is( $can->{status}, 'tooManyHoldsForThisRecord', 'Third hold exceeds limit of holds per record' );
 
-$can = CanBookBeReserved($patron->{borrowernumber}, $biblio->biblionumber, undef, { ignore_found_holds => 1 });
-is( $can->{status}, 'OK', 'Third hold is allowed when ignoring waiting holds' );
-
 $schema->storage->txn_rollback;