diff --git a/addons/web/i18n/fr.po b/addons/web/i18n/fr.po
index d40f49e31e7..134f1d4c05b 100644
--- a/addons/web/i18n/fr.po
+++ b/addons/web/i18n/fr.po
@@ -1556,63 +1556,3 @@ msgstr "Pour plus d'informations veuillez consulter"
 #: addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml:1823
 msgid "OpenERP.com"
 msgstr "OpenERP.com"
-
-#. openerp-web
-msgid "timeago-prefixAgo"
-msgstr "Il y a"
-
-#. openerp-web
-msgid "timeago-prefixFromNow"
-msgstr " "
-
-#. openerp-web
-msgid "timeago-suffixAgo"
-msgstr " "
-
-#. openerp-web
-msgid "timeago-suffixFromNow"
-msgstr " "
-
-#. openerp-web
-msgid "less than a minute"
-msgstr "moins d'une minute"
-
-#. openerp-web
-msgid "about a minute"
-msgstr "environ une minute"
-
-#. openerp-web
-msgid "%d minutes"
-msgstr "%d minutes"
-
-#. openerp-web
-msgid "about an hour"
-msgstr "environ une heure"
-
-#. openerp-web
-msgid "%d hours"
-msgstr "%d heures"
-
-#. openerp-web
-msgid "a days"
-msgstr "un jours"
-
-#. openerp-web
-msgid "%d days"
-msgstr "%d jours"
-
-#. openerp-web
-msgid "about a month"
-msgstr "environ un mois"
-
-#. openerp-web
-msgid "%d mois"
-msgstr "%d mois"
-
-#. openerp-web
-msgid "about a year"
-msgstr "environ un an"
-
-#. openerp-web
-msgid "%d years"
-msgstr "%d ans"
diff --git a/addons/web/static/lib/jquery.timeago/jquery.timeago.js b/addons/web/static/lib/jquery.timeago/jquery.timeago.js
index 341a1841c94..7e138c9d328 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/lib/jquery.timeago/jquery.timeago.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/lib/jquery.timeago/jquery.timeago.js
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
       refreshMillis: 60000,
       allowFuture: false,
       strings: {
-        prefixAgo: "timeago-prefixAgo",
-        prefixFromNow: "timeago-prefixFromNow",
-        suffixAgo: "timeago-suffixAgo", //ago
-        suffixFromNow: "timeago-suffixFromNow", //from now
+        prefixAgo: null,
+        prefixFromNow: null,
+        suffixAgo: "ago",
+        suffixFromNow: "from now",
         seconds: "less than a minute",
         minute: "about a minute",
         minutes: "%d minutes",
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
         years: "%d years",
         wordSeparator: " ",
         numbers: []
-      }
+      },
+      translator: function(str) {}
     },
     inWords: function(distanceMillis) {
       var $l = this.settings.strings;