diff --git a/odoo/tools/config.py b/odoo/tools/config.py
index 02f467dcc54..899c0f12797 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/config.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/config.py
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@
 
 try:
     import configparser as ConfigParser
-    CP_kw = dict(interpolation=None)
 except ImportError:
     import ConfigParser
-    CP_kw = dict()
 
 import optparse
 import os
@@ -503,7 +501,7 @@ class configmanager(object):
         setattr(parser.values, option.dest, ",".join(ad_paths))
 
     def load(self):
-        p = ConfigParser.ConfigParser(**CP_kw)
+        p = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
         try:
             p.read([self.rcfile])
             for (name,value) in p.items('options'):
@@ -529,7 +527,7 @@ class configmanager(object):
             pass
 
     def save(self):
-        p = ConfigParser.ConfigParser(**CP_kw)
+        p = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
         loglevelnames = dict(zip(self._LOGLEVELS.values(), self._LOGLEVELS.keys()))
         p.add_section('options')
         for opt in sorted(self.options.keys()):