diff --git a/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py b/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py
index 39c73a83a..162bcb776 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py
@@ -330,11 +330,6 @@ class GrampsLocale:
         else:
             self.numeric = self.lang
 
-        if 'LC_MONETARY' in os.environ:
-            self.currency = os.environ['LC_MONETARY']
-        else:
-            self.currency = self.lang
-
     def _init_from_environment(self):
 
         def _check_locale(locale):
@@ -403,12 +398,6 @@ class GrampsLocale:
         else:
             self.numeric = self.lang
 
-        loc = locale.getlocale(locale.LC_MONETARY)
-        if loc and loc[0]:
-            self.currency = '.'.join(loc)
-        else:
-            self.currency = self.lang
-
         # $LANGUAGE overrides $LANG, $LC_MESSAGES
         if "LANGUAGE" in os.environ:
             language = [x for x in [self.check_available_translations(l)
@@ -468,7 +457,7 @@ class GrampsLocale:
             else:
                 self._init_from_environment()
         else:
-            self.numeric = self.currency = self.calendar = self.collation = self.lang
+            self.numeric = self.calendar = self.collation = self.lang
 
         if not self.lang:
             self.lang = 'en_US.UTF-8'
@@ -570,7 +559,7 @@ class GrampsLocale:
         if not self.language and _first.language:
             self.language = _first.language
 
-        self.numeric = self.currency = self.calendar = self.collation = self.lang
+        self.numeric = self.calendar = self.collation = self.lang
 
         self.rtl_locale = False
         if self.language[0] in _RTL_LOCALES:
diff --git a/gramps/gen/utils/maclocale.py b/gramps/gen/utils/maclocale.py
index e93fc24cd..076682efa 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/utils/maclocale.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/utils/maclocale.py
@@ -46,9 +46,8 @@ are the names of the controls in System Preferences; the names in the
 defaults system are AppleCollationOrder and AppleLocale,
 respectively.)
 
-The user can override the currency and calendar, and those values are
-appended to AppleLocale and parsed below. But Gramps makes no use of
-currency and sets the calendar in its own preferences, so they're
+The user can override the calendar, and thise value is appended to AppleLocale
+and parsed below. But Gramps sets the calendar in its own preferences, so it is
 ignored.
 
 Where the mismatch becomes a problem is in date and number
@@ -148,7 +147,6 @@ def mac_setup_localization(glocale):
     def _mac_check_locale(locale_string):
         locale = None
         calendar = None
-        currency = None
         div = locale_string.strip().split("@")
         LOG.debug("Checking Locale %s", ' '.join(div))
         locale = glocale.check_available_translations(div[0])
@@ -158,10 +156,8 @@ def mac_setup_localization(glocale):
                 (name, value) = phrase.split("=")
                 if name == "calendar":
                     calendar = glocale.check_available_translations(value)
-                elif name == "currency":
-                    currency = value
 
-        return (locale, calendar, currency)
+        return (locale, calendar)
 
     def _mac_get_locale():
         """
@@ -214,7 +210,6 @@ def mac_setup_localization(glocale):
     _locale = None
     _failure = False
     glocale.calendar = None
-    glocale.currency = None
     try:
         locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
         _locale = locale.getlocale()
@@ -229,7 +224,7 @@ def mac_setup_localization(glocale):
 
     if not glocale.lang:
         LOG.debug("Setting from the environment didn't work out, checking defaults")
-        (glocale.lang, glocale.currency, glocale.calendar) = _mac_get_locale()
+        (glocale.lang, glocale.calendar) = _mac_get_locale()
 
     glocale.coll_qualifier = None
     glocale.collation = _mac_get_collation()
@@ -294,7 +289,4 @@ def mac_setup_localization(glocale):
         else:
             glocale.calendar = glocale.lang[:5]
 
-    if not glocale.currency:
-        glocale.currency = locale.getlocale(locale.LC_MONETARY)[0] or glocale.lang
-
     glocale.numeric = locale.getlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC)[0] or glocale.lang
diff --git a/gramps/grampsapp.py b/gramps/grampsapp.py
index b9173c96e..cf957ec4f 100644
--- a/gramps/grampsapp.py
+++ b/gramps/grampsapp.py
@@ -581,7 +581,6 @@ def run():
     LOG.debug("Translating Gramps to %s", glocale.language[0])
     LOG.debug("Collation Locale: %s", glocale.collation)
     LOG.debug("Date/Time Locale: %s", glocale.calendar)
-    LOG.debug("Currency Locale: %s", glocale.currency)
     LOG.debug("Number-format Locale: %s", glocale.numeric)
 
     if 'LANG' in os.environ: