diff --git a/VERSIONS b/VERSIONS
index 7ab1be4290bba0f0d5819460444da36752a62c39..abc75ad235683076055ce1e58d84f3275ba15ebe 100644
--- a/VERSIONS
+++ b/VERSIONS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- ticket #17171: L'autocomplétion en recherche simple n'est plus considérée comme expérimentale, il suffit d'activer les batchs associés.
+
+
 18/10/2014 - v6.54.3
 
 - ticket #16596: Corrige l'ordre de calcul des types de documents (Sous-champ 995 avant le label)
diff --git a/library/ZendAfi/View/Helper/Accueil/RechSimple.php b/library/ZendAfi/View/Helper/Accueil/RechSimple.php
index fa7fef7a07cd8c30a83b7e01b3bc73ea5e75bcdb..c68a6424862c3cb54d25af02c5fc813fb0eb331f 100644
--- a/library/ZendAfi/View/Helper/Accueil/RechSimple.php
+++ b/library/ZendAfi/View/Helper/Accueil/RechSimple.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
  * along with AFI-OPAC 2.0; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA 
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA
  */
 
 class ZendAfi_View_Helper_Accueil_RechSimple extends ZendAfi_View_Helper_Accueil_Base {
@@ -24,13 +24,22 @@ class ZendAfi_View_Helper_Accueil_RechSimple extends ZendAfi_View_Helper_Accueil
 		$script_loader
 			->addJQueryReady('$("input.expressionRecherche").attr("x-webkit-speech","x-webkit-speech")');
 
-		if (!defined('DEVELOPMENT'))
-			return;
+		if (!$this->_isAutocompleteEnabled())
+			return $this;
+
 		$script_loader
 			->addOPACPluginScript('search_autocomplete/search_autocomplete')
 			->addJQueryReady('$("input.expressionRecherche").search_autocomplete('. $this->getAutocompleteOptions()  .')');
+
+		return $this;
 	}
 
+	protected function _isAutocompleteEnabled() {
+		$batch_types = Class_Batch::getActiveTypes();
+		return in_array('AUTOCOMPLETE_RECORD_TITLE', $batch_types) || in_array('AUTOCOMPLETE_RECORD_AUTHOR', $batch_types);
+	}
+
+
 	protected function getAutocompleteOptions() {
 		$options = new stdClass();
 		$options->url = $this->view->url(['controller' => 'recherche',
@@ -43,7 +52,7 @@ class ZendAfi_View_Helper_Accueil_RechSimple extends ZendAfi_View_Helper_Accueil
 
 	public function getHtml()	{
 		$this->titre = $this->preferences["titre"];
-		$this->contenu = $this->view->TagRechercheSimple($this->preferences, 
+		$this->contenu = $this->view->TagRechercheSimple($this->preferences,
 																										 $this->id_module,
 																										 $this->division);
 		return $this->getHtmlArray();
diff --git a/tests/library/ZendAfi/View/Helper/Accueil/RechSimpleTest.php b/tests/library/ZendAfi/View/Helper/Accueil/RechSimpleTest.php
index 81af939f014562ec0de6634b02a30c85f41d8d69..03cb2b7234ec95c8b7b0a79a353fb1750b461d24 100644
--- a/tests/library/ZendAfi/View/Helper/Accueil/RechSimpleTest.php
+++ b/tests/library/ZendAfi/View/Helper/Accueil/RechSimpleTest.php
@@ -16,22 +16,33 @@
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
  * along with AFI-OPAC 2.0; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA 
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA
  */
 require_once 'library/ZendAfi/View/Helper/ViewHelperTestCase.php';
 
-class ZendAfi_View_Helper_Accueil_RechSimpleTest extends ViewHelperTestCase {
+abstract class ZendAfi_View_Helper_Accueil_RechSimpleTestCase extends ViewHelperTestCase {
 	public function setup() {
 		parent::setup();
-		$helper = new ZendAfi_View_Helper_Accueil_RechSimple(1, 
-																												 ['division' => 1,
-																													'type_module' => 'RECH_SIMPLE',
-																													'preferences' => [
-																														'boite' => '',
-																														'titre' => 'Search widget']]);
-
-		$helper->setView(new ZendAfi_Controller_Action_Helper_View());
-		$this->_html = $helper->getBoite();
+		$this->_helper = new ZendAfi_View_Helper_Accueil_RechSimple(1,
+																																['division' => 1,
+																																 'type_module' => 'RECH_SIMPLE',
+																																 'preferences' => [
+																																									 'boite' => '',
+																																									 'titre' => 'Search widget']]);
+
+		$this->_helper->setView(new ZendAfi_Controller_Action_Helper_View());
+	}
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+class ZendAfi_View_Helper_Accueil_RechSimpleWithAutocompleteTest extends ZendAfi_View_Helper_Accueil_RechSimpleTestCase {
+	public function setup() {
+		parent::setUp();
+		$this->fixture('Class_Batch', ['id' => 42, 'type' => 'AUTOCOMPLETE_RECORD_TITLE']);
+		$this->_html = $this->_helper->getBoite();
 		$this->_head_script = Class_ScriptLoader::getInstance()->html();
 	}
 
@@ -49,4 +60,22 @@ class ZendAfi_View_Helper_Accueil_RechSimpleTest extends ViewHelperTestCase {
 		$this->assertXPathContentContains($this->_head_script, '//script', $expected_ajax_param);
 	}
 }
+
+
+
+
+class ZendAfi_View_Helper_Accueil_RechSimpleWithoutAutocompleteTest extends ZendAfi_View_Helper_Accueil_RechSimpleTestCase {
+	public function setup() {
+		parent::setUp();
+		Class_Batch::beVolatile();
+		$this->_html = $this->_helper->getBoite();
+		$this->_head_script = Class_ScriptLoader::getInstance()->html();
+	}
+
+
+	/** @test */
+	public function searchAutocompleteShouldNotBeLodaed() {
+		$this->assertNotXPath($this->_head_script, '//script[contains(@src,"search_autocomplete.js")]');
+	}
+}
 ?>
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