diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_qweb.py b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_qweb.py
index 0f829f7a982..2090233f20d 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_qweb.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_qweb.py
@@ -559,13 +559,8 @@ class ImageConverter(osv.AbstractModel):
         return '<img src="data:%s;base64,%s">' % (Image.MIME[image.format], value)
 
 class MonetaryConverter(osv.AbstractModel):
-    """ ``monetary`` converter, has two mandatory options ``source_currency``
-    and ``display_currency``. Both are evaluated in the qweb context, must
-    yield a res.currency browse_record and are used to convert currency field
-    value into a display value, and (using the display currency) format the
-    currency symbol.
-
-    The currency field is a (float) value.
+    """ ``monetary`` converter, has a mandatory option
+    ``display_currency``.
 
     .. note:: the monetary converter internally adds the qweb context to its
               options mapping, so that the context is available to callees.
@@ -582,12 +577,8 @@ class MonetaryConverter(osv.AbstractModel):
             source_element, t_att, g_att, qweb_context)
 
     def record_to_html(self, cr, uid, field_name, record, column, options):
-        source = self.source_currency(cr, uid, options)
         display = self.display_currency(cr, uid, options)
 
-        value = self.pool['res.currency'].compute(
-            cr, uid, source.id, display.id, record[field_name])
-
         symbol_pre = symbol_post = space_pre = space_post = u''
         if display.position == 'before':
             space_pre = u' '
@@ -599,16 +590,12 @@ class MonetaryConverter(osv.AbstractModel):
         return u'{symbol_pre}{space_pre}' \
                u'<span class="oe_currency_value">{0}</span>' \
                u'{space_post}{symbol_post}'.format(
-            value,
+            record[field_name],
             space_pre=space_pre,
             symbol_pre=symbol_pre,
             space_post=space_post,
             symbol_post=symbol_post,)
 
-    def source_currency(self, cr, uid, options):
-        return self.qweb_object().eval_object(
-            options['source_currency'], options['_qweb_context'])
-
     def display_currency(self, cr, uid, options):
         return self.qweb_object().eval_object(
             options['display_currency'], options['_qweb_context'])
diff --git a/openerp/tests/addons/test_converter/tests/test_html.py b/openerp/tests/addons/test_converter/tests/test_html.py
index 06e7ffce97a..f0c48df4a93 100644
--- a/openerp/tests/addons/test_converter/tests/test_html.py
+++ b/openerp/tests/addons/test_converter/tests/test_html.py
@@ -92,23 +92,17 @@ class TestCurrencyExport(TestExport):
         converter = self.registry('ir.qweb.field.monetary')
         options = {
             'widget': 'monetary',
-            'source_currency': 'c1',
             'display_currency': 'c2'
         }
         converted = converter.to_html(
             self.cr, self.uid, 'value', obj, options,
             doc.createElement('span'),
             {'field': 'obj.value', 'field-options': json.dumps(options)},
-            '', {'obj': obj, 'c1': self.base, 'c2': dest, })
+            '', {'obj': obj, 'c2': dest, })
         return converted
 
-    def create_rate(self, currency, rate=1.0):
-        Rate = self.registry('res.currency.rate')
-        self.create(Rate, name='1970-01-01', rate=rate, currency_id=currency.id)
-
     def test_currency_post(self):
         currency = self.create(self.Currency, name="Test", symbol=u"test")
-        self.create_rate(currency)
         obj = self.create(self.Model, value=0.12)
 
         converted = self.convert(obj, dest=currency)
@@ -127,7 +121,6 @@ class TestCurrencyExport(TestExport):
     def test_currency_pre(self):
         currency = self.create(
             self.Currency, name="Test", symbol=u"test", position='before')
-        self.create_rate(currency)
         obj = self.create(self.Model, value=0.12)
 
         converted = self.convert(obj, dest=currency)
@@ -144,30 +137,10 @@ class TestCurrencyExport(TestExport):
                 symbol=currency.symbol.encode('utf-8')
             ),)
 
-    def test_currency_rate_conversion(self):
-        currency = self.create(
-            self.Currency, name="Test", symbol=u"dest")
-        self.create_rate(currency, rate=2.0)
-        obj = self.create(self.Model, value=0.12)
-
-        converted = self.convert(obj, dest=currency)
-
-        self.assertEqual(
-            converted,
-            '<span data-oe-model="{obj._model._name}" data-oe-id="{obj.id}" '
-                  'data-oe-field="value" data-oe-type="monetary" '
-                  'data-oe-expression="obj.value">'
-                      '<span class="oe_currency_value">0.24</span>'
-                      ' {symbol}</span>'.format(
-                obj=obj,
-                symbol=currency.symbol.encode('utf-8')
-            ),)
-
     def test_currency_precision(self):
         """ Precision should be the currency's, not the float field's
         """
         currency = self.create(self.Currency, name="Test", symbol=u"test",)
-        self.create_rate(currency)
         obj = self.create(self.Model, value=0.1234567)
 
         converted = self.convert(obj, dest=currency)