diff --git a/addons/account/account.py b/addons/account/account.py
index 93e5c0b03a5..fbbc93d1f85 100644
--- a/addons/account/account.py
+++ b/addons/account/account.py
@@ -883,13 +883,10 @@ class account_period(osv.osv):
         return ids
 
     def action_draft(self, cr, uid, ids, *args):
-        users_roles = self.pool.get('res.users').browse(cr, uid, uid).roles_id
-        for role in users_roles:
-            if role.name=='Period':
-                mode = 'draft'
-                for id in ids:
-                    cr.execute('update account_journal_period set state=%s where period_id=%s', (mode, id))
-                    cr.execute('update account_period set state=%s where id=%s', (mode, id))
+        mode = 'draft'
+        for id in ids:
+            cr.execute('update account_journal_period set state=%s where period_id=%s', (mode, id))
+            cr.execute('update account_period set state=%s where id=%s', (mode, id))
         return True
 
     def name_search(self, cr, user, name, args=None, operator='ilike', context={}, limit=80):
diff --git a/addons/account/account_view.xml b/addons/account/account_view.xml
index 249186bd700..8bfb69e4d71 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/account_view.xml
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@
             Period
         -->
 
-        <record id="res_role_period" model="res.roles">
-            <field eval="&quot;&quot;&quot;Period&quot;&quot;&quot;" name="name"/>
-            <field name="description">Assign this role to the persons that should have the rights to re-open a closed period.</field>
-        </record>
-
         <record id="view_account_period_form" model="ir.ui.view">
             <field name="name">account.period.form</field>
             <field name="model">account.period</field>
@@ -105,7 +100,7 @@
                     <field name="special"/>
                     <separator colspan="4" string="States"/>
                     <field name="state" select="1"/>
-                    <button name="action_draft" states="done" string="Set to Draft" type="object" icon="gtk-convert"/>
+                    <button name="action_draft" states="done" string="Set to Draft" type="object" icon="gtk-convert" groups="account.group_account_manager"/>
                 </form>
             </field>
         </record>