diff --git a/C4/Search.pm b/C4/Search.pm
index 010f59f6e1..fb463ff912 100644
--- a/C4/Search.pm
+++ b/C4/Search.pm
@@ -1040,20 +1040,21 @@ sub buildQuery {
     my $group_OR_limits;
     my $availability_limit;
     foreach my $this_limit (@limits) {
-        if ( $this_limit =~ /available/ ) {
-
-# 'available' is defined as (items.onloan is NULL) and (items.itemlost = 0)
-# In English:
-# all records not indexed in the onloan register (zebra) and all records with a value of lost equal to 0
-            $availability_limit .=
-"( ( allrecords,AlwaysMatches='' not onloan,AlwaysMatches='') and (lost,st-numeric=0) )"; #or ( allrecords,AlwaysMatches='' not lost,AlwaysMatches='')) )";
-            $limit_cgi  .= "&limit=available";
-            $limit_desc .= "";
-        }
-
+#        if ( $this_limit =~ /available/ ) {
+#
+## 'available' is defined as (items.onloan is NULL) and (items.itemlost = 0)
+## In English:
+## all records not indexed in the onloan register (zebra) and all records with a value of lost equal to 0
+#            $availability_limit .=
+#"( ( allrecords,AlwaysMatches='' not onloan,AlwaysMatches='') and (lost,st-numeric=0) )"; #or ( allrecords,AlwaysMatches='' not lost,AlwaysMatches='')) )";
+#            $limit_cgi  .= "&limit=available";
+#            $limit_desc .= "";
+#        }
+#
         # group_OR_limits, prefixed by mc-
         # OR every member of the group
-        elsif ( $this_limit =~ /mc/ ) {
+#        elsif ( $this_limit =~ /mc/ ) {
+        if ( $this_limit =~ /mc/ ) {
             $group_OR_limits .= " or " if $group_OR_limits;
             $limit_desc      .= " or " if $group_OR_limits;
             $group_OR_limits .= "$this_limit";
diff --git a/opac/opac-search.pl b/opac/opac-search.pl
index e56776e461..7aebd787df 100755
--- a/opac/opac-search.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-search.pl
@@ -359,11 +359,11 @@ $template->param ( QUERY_INPUTS => \@query_inputs );
 my @limit_inputs = $limit_cgi ? _input_cgi_parse($limit_cgi) : ();
 
 # add OPAC 'hidelostitems'
-if (C4::Context->preference('hidelostitems') == 1) {
-    # either lost ge 0 or no value in the lost register
-    $query ="($query) and ( (lost,st-numeric <= 0) or ( allrecords,AlwaysMatches='' not lost,AlwaysMatches='') )";
-}
-
+#if (C4::Context->preference('hidelostitems') == 1) {
+#    # either lost ge 0 or no value in the lost register
+#    $query ="($query) and ( (lost,st-numeric <= 0) or ( allrecords,AlwaysMatches='' not lost,AlwaysMatches='') )";
+#}
+#
 # add OPAC suppression - requires at least one item indexed with Suppress
 if (C4::Context->preference('OpacSuppression')) {
     $query = "($query) not Suppress=1";