diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_currency.py b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_currency.py
index 64df7525ec1..b5256847e5c 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_currency.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_currency.py
@@ -53,19 +53,6 @@ class res_currency(osv.osv):
                 res[currency.id] = 0
         return res
 
-    def _compute_position(self, cr, uid, ids, name, arg, context=None):
-        res = {}
-        if not context:
-            context = {}
-
-        lang = self.pool['res.lang']
-        lang_id = lang._lang_get(cr, uid, context.get('lang'))
-        position = lang.read(cr, uid, lang_id, ['position'], context=context)['position']
-        for currency in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context):
-            res[currency.id] = position
-
-        return res
-
     _name = "res.currency"
     _description = "Currency"
     _columns = {
@@ -78,7 +65,7 @@ class res_currency(osv.osv):
         'rounding': fields.float('Rounding Factor', digits=(12,6)),
         'decimal_places': fields.function(_decimal_places, string='Decimal Places', type='integer'),
         'active': fields.boolean('Active'),
-        'position': fields.function(_compute_position, type='char', string="Currency Symbol Position"),
+        'position': fields.selection([('after','After Amount'),('before','Before Amount')], 'Symbol Position', help="Determines where the currency symbol should be placed after or before the amount.")
     }
     _defaults = {
         'active': 1,
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_lang.py b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_lang.py
index 1b0ce53b305..92a8e0e8652 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_lang.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_lang.py
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ class lang(osv.osv):
             'time_format' : fix_datetime_format(locale.nl_langinfo(locale.T_FMT)),
             'decimal_point' : fix_xa0(str(locale.localeconv()['decimal_point'])),
             'thousands_sep' : fix_xa0(str(locale.localeconv()['thousands_sep'])),
-            'position': 'before' if locale.nl_langinfo(locale.CRNCYSTR)[0] == '-' else 'after'
         }
         lang_id = False
         try:
@@ -138,7 +137,6 @@ class lang(osv.osv):
         'grouping':fields.char('Separator Format', required=True,help="The Separator Format should be like [,n] where 0 < n :starting from Unit digit.-1 will end the separation. e.g. [3,2,-1] will represent 106500 to be 1,06,500;[1,2,-1] will represent it to be 106,50,0;[3] will represent it as 106,500. Provided ',' as the thousand separator in each case."),
         'decimal_point':fields.char('Decimal Separator', required=True),
         'thousands_sep':fields.char('Thousands Separator'),
-        'position': fields.selection([('after','After Amount'),('before','Before Amount')], 'Currency Symbol Position', help="Determines where the currency symbol should be placed after or before the amount.")
     }
     _defaults = {
         'active': 1,
@@ -149,7 +147,6 @@ class lang(osv.osv):
         'grouping': '[]',
         'decimal_point': '.',
         'thousands_sep': ',',
-        'position': 'after'
     }
     _sql_constraints = [
         ('name_uniq', 'unique (name)', 'The name of the language must be unique !'),
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_lang_view.xml b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_lang_view.xml
index 33ee0fee987..4c2a203ac13 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_lang_view.xml
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_lang_view.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
                         <newline/>
                         <field name="active" />
                         <field name="translatable"/>
-                        <field name="position"/>
                     </group>
                     <separator colspan="4" string="Legends for supported Date and Time Formats"/>
                     <group col="4" colspan="4">
diff --git a/openerp/addons/test_converter/tests/test_html.py b/openerp/addons/test_converter/tests/test_html.py
index 52554f6e122..2f50602c115 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/test_converter/tests/test_html.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/test_converter/tests/test_html.py
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ class TestCurrencyExport(TestExport):
         super(TestCurrencyExport, self).setUp()
         self.Currency = self.registry('res.currency')
         self.base = self.create(self.Currency, name="Source", symbol=u'source')
-        self.lang_en = self.registry['ir.model.data'].xmlid_to_object(self.cr, self.uid, 'base.lang_en')
 
     def create(self, model, context=None, **values):
         return model.browse(
@@ -120,7 +119,6 @@ class TestCurrencyExport(TestExport):
         return converted
 
     def test_currency_post(self):
-        self.lang_en.write({'position': 'after'})
         currency = self.create(self.Currency, name="Test", symbol=u"test")
         obj = self.create(self.Model, value=0.12)
 
@@ -138,8 +136,8 @@ class TestCurrencyExport(TestExport):
             ).encode('utf-8'),)
 
     def test_currency_pre(self):
-        self.lang_en.write({'position': 'before'})
-        currency = self.create(self.Currency, name="Test", symbol=u"test")
+        currency = self.create(
+            self.Currency, name="Test", symbol=u"test", position='before')
         obj = self.create(self.Model, value=0.12)
 
         converted = self.convert(obj, dest=currency)
@@ -159,7 +157,6 @@ class TestCurrencyExport(TestExport):
     def test_currency_precision(self):
         """ Precision should be the currency's, not the float field's
         """
-        self.lang_en.write({'position': 'after'})
         currency = self.create(self.Currency, name="Test", symbol=u"test",)
         obj = self.create(self.Model, value=0.1234567)