diff --git a/openerp/tools/amount_to_text_en.py b/openerp/tools/amount_to_text_en.py
index 9e0d908f16e..9a1ac939e6b 100644
--- a/openerp/tools/amount_to_text_en.py
+++ b/openerp/tools/amount_to_text_en.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def amount_to_text(nbr, lang='en', currency='euro'):
         _logger.warning(_("no translation function found for lang: '%s'"), lang)
         #TODO: (default should be en) same as above
         lang = 'en'
-    return _translate_funcs[lang](abs(nbr), currency='euro')
+    return _translate_funcs[lang](abs(nbr), currency)
 
 if __name__=='__main__':
     from sys import argv