diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-main.tt b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-main.tt
index 798c90e9da..4a95df979a 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-main.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-main.tt
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
                 [% END %]
             </div>
             <div id="rssnews-container">
-                [% SET branchcode = Branches.GetLoggedInBranchcode() %]
                 <a href="[% OPACBaseURL %]/cgi-bin/koha/opac-news-rss.pl?branchcode=[% branchcode %]"><img src="[% interface %]/[% theme %]/images/feed-icon-16x16.png"></a>
                 RSS feed for [% IF ( loggedinusername ) %][% Branches.GetName( branchcode ) %] <i>and</i> [% END %] system-wide library news.
             </div>
diff --git a/opac/opac-main.pl b/opac/opac-main.pl
index c79afb4352..d586a7cb2b 100755
--- a/opac/opac-main.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-main.pl
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ my $quote = GetDailyQuote();   # other options are to pass in an exact quote id
 $template->param(
     koha_news           => $all_koha_news,
     koha_news_count     => $koha_news_count,
+    branchcode          => $homebranch,
     display_daily_quote => C4::Context->preference('QuoteOfTheDay'),
     daily_quote         => $quote,
 );