diff --git a/phpBB/adm/style/ajax.js b/phpBB/adm/style/ajax.js
index 2fdabd2a80..cb3289b936 100644
--- a/phpBB/adm/style/ajax.js
+++ b/phpBB/adm/style/ajax.js
@@ -74,8 +74,11 @@ phpbb.add_ajax_callback('row_delete', function(el) {
 
 $('[data-ajax]').each(function() {
 	var $this = $(this);
-	var fn = ($this.data('ajax') !== 'true') ? $this.data('ajax') : null;
-	phpbb.ajaxify({selector: this}, $this.data('refresh') !== undefined, fn);
+	if ($this.data('ajax') !== 'false')
+	{
+		var fn = ($this.data('ajax') !== 'true') ? $this.data('ajax') : null;
+		phpbb.ajaxify({selector: this}, $this.data('refresh') !== undefined, fn);
+	}
 });
 
 
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ajax.js b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ajax.js
index 4fd4cd32f5..ca720f77eb 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ajax.js
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/ajax.js
@@ -45,8 +45,11 @@ phpbb.add_ajax_callback('zebra', function(el, res) {
 
 $('[data-ajax]').each(function() {
 	var $this = $(this);
-	var fn = ($this.data('ajax') !== 'true') ? $this.data('ajax') : null;
-	phpbb.ajaxify({selector: this}, $this.data('refresh') !== undefined, fn);
+	if ($this.data('ajax') !== 'false')
+	{
+		var fn = ($this.data('ajax') !== 'true') ? $this.data('ajax') : null;
+		phpbb.ajaxify({selector: this}, $this.data('refresh') !== undefined, fn);
+	}
 });