diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_lang.py b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_lang.py
index 07b220a6ee3..2b135a6f34a 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/res/res_lang.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/res/res_lang.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class lang(osv.osv):
             _logger.warning(msg, lang, lc)
 
         if not lang_name:
-            lang_name = tools.get_languages().get(lang, lang)
+            lang_name = tools.ALL_LANGUAGES.get(lang, lang)
 
 
         def fix_xa0(s):
diff --git a/openerp/tools/misc.py b/openerp/tools/misc.py
index 03004b0876f..27b81489b55 100644
--- a/openerp/tools/misc.py
+++ b/openerp/tools/misc.py
@@ -606,10 +606,7 @@ def get_iso_codes(lang):
             lang = lang.split('_')[0]
     return lang
 
-def get_languages():
-    # The codes below are those from Launchpad's Rosetta, with the exception
-    # of some trivial codes where the Launchpad code is xx and we have xx_XX.
-    languages={
+ALL_LANGUAGES = {
         'ab_RU': u'Abkhazian / аҧсуа',
         'ar_AR': u'Arabic / الْعَرَبيّة',
         'bg_BG': u'Bulgarian / български език',
@@ -690,15 +687,14 @@ def get_languages():
         'th_TH': u'Thai / ภาษาไทย',
         'tlh_TLH': u'Klingon',
     }
-    return languages
 
 def scan_languages():
-    # Now it will take all languages from get languages function without filter it with base module languages
-    lang_dict = get_languages()
-    ret = [(lang, lang_dict.get(lang, lang)) for lang in list(lang_dict)]
-    ret.sort(key=lambda k:k[1])
-    return ret
+    """ Returns all languages supported by OpenERP for translation
 
+    :returns: a list of (lang_code, lang_name) pairs
+    :rtype: [(str, unicode)]
+    """
+    return sorted(ALL_LANGUAGES.iteritems(), key=lambda k: k[1])
 
 def get_user_companies(cr, user):
     def _get_company_children(cr, ids):