diff --git a/addons/account/wizard/account_report_balance_sheet.py b/addons/account/wizard/account_report_balance_sheet.py
index ebe3b4c8ba8..9a53314c7a2 100644
--- a/addons/account/wizard/account_report_balance_sheet.py
+++ b/addons/account/wizard/account_report_balance_sheet.py
@@ -47,10 +47,9 @@ class account_bs_report(osv.osv_memory):
         mod_obj = self.pool.get('ir.model.data')
         res = super(account_bs_report, self).fields_view_get(cr, uid, view_id=view_id, view_type=view_type, context=context, toolbar=toolbar, submenu=False)
         doc = etree.XML(res['arch'])
-        nodes = doc.xpath("//field[@name='journal_ids']")
+        nodes = doc.xpath("//page[@name='journal_ids']")
         for node in nodes:
-            node.set('readonly', '1')
-            node.set('required', '0')
+            node.set('invisible', '1')
         res['arch'] = etree.tostring(doc)
         return res
 
@@ -78,4 +77,4 @@ class account_bs_report(osv.osv_memory):
 
 account_bs_report()
 
-# vim:expandtab:smartindent:tabstop=4:softtabstop=4:shiftwidth=4:
\ No newline at end of file
+# vim:expandtab:smartindent:tabstop=4:softtabstop=4:shiftwidth=4:
diff --git a/addons/account/wizard/account_report_common_view.xml b/addons/account/wizard/account_report_common_view.xml
index aa140c7f8fc..ec3aa6b227b 100644
--- a/addons/account/wizard/account_report_common_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/wizard/account_report_common_view.xml
@@ -8,35 +8,27 @@
             <field name="type">form</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
             <form string="Report Options">
-                <group colspan="4" expand="1">
                    <field name="chart_account_id" widget='selection'/>
                    <field name="fiscalyear_id"/>
-                   <group colspan="2" name='Journals'>
-                       <notebook tabpos="up">
-                            <page string="Journals" >
+                       <notebook tabpos="up" colspan="4">
+                            <page string="Filters" name="filters">
+                                <field name="filter" on_change="onchange_filter(filter, fiscalyear_id)" colspan="4"/>
+                                    <separator string="Dates" colspan="4"/>
+                                    <field name="date_from" attrs="{'readonly':[('filter', '!=', 'filter_date')], 'required':[('filter', '=', 'filter_date')]}" colspan="4"/>
+                                    <field name="date_to" attrs="{'readonly':[('filter', '!=', 'filter_date')], 'required':[('filter', '=', 'filter_date')]}"  colspan="4"/>
+                                    <separator string="Periods"  colspan="4"/>
+                                    <field name="period_from"  domain="[('fiscalyear_id', '=', fiscalyear_id)]" attrs="{'readonly':[('filter','!=','filter_period')], 'required':[('filter', '=', 'filter_period')]}" colspan="4"/>
+                                    <field name="period_to" domain="[('fiscalyear_id', '=', fiscalyear_id)]" attrs="{'readonly':[('filter','!=','filter_period')], 'required':[('filter', '=', 'filter_period')]}" colspan="4"/>
+                            </page>
+                            <page string="Journals" name="journal_ids">
                                 <field name="journal_ids" colspan="4" nolabel="1"/>
                             </page>
                         </notebook>
-                    </group>
-                    <group colspan="2" name='Filters'>
-                        <notebook tabpos="up">
-                            <page string="Filters">
-                                <field name="filter" on_change="onchange_filter(filter, fiscalyear_id)" />
-                                <separator string="Dates" colspan="4"/>
-                                <field name="date_from" attrs="{'readonly':[('filter', '!=', 'filter_date')], 'required':[('filter', '=', 'filter_date')]}" colspan="4"/>
-                                <field name="date_to" attrs="{'readonly':[('filter', '!=', 'filter_date')], 'required':[('filter', '=', 'filter_date')]}"  colspan="4"/>
-                                <separator string="Periods"  colspan="4"/>
-                                <field name="period_from"  domain="[('fiscalyear_id', '=', fiscalyear_id)]" attrs="{'readonly':[('filter','!=','filter_period')], 'required':[('filter', '=', 'filter_period')]}" colspan="4"/>
-                                <field name="period_to" domain="[('fiscalyear_id', '=', fiscalyear_id)]" attrs="{'readonly':[('filter','!=','filter_period')], 'required':[('filter', '=', 'filter_period')]}" colspan="4"/>
-                            </page>
-                        </notebook>
-                    </group>
                     <separator colspan="4"/>
                     <group col="4" colspan="4">
                         <button icon="gtk-cancel" special="cancel" string="Cancel" colspan="2"/>
                         <button icon="gtk-print" name="check_report" string="Print" type="object" colspan="2" default_focus="1" />
                     </group>
-                </group>
             </form>
             </field>
         </record>