diff --git a/gramps/gen/plug/docgen/stylesheet.py b/gramps/gen/plug/docgen/stylesheet.py
index 5df5a756e..eaf282adf 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/plug/docgen/stylesheet.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/plug/docgen/stylesheet.py
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ from .paragraphstyle import ParagraphStyle
 from .fontstyle import FontStyle
 from .tablestyle import TableStyle, TableCellStyle
 from .graphicstyle import GraphicsStyle
-from gramps.gen.const import GRAMPS_LOCALE as glocale
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
@@ -476,17 +475,17 @@ class SheetParser(handler.ContentHandler):
             self.p = ParagraphStyle()
             if 'description' in attrs:
                 self.p.set_description(attrs['description'])
-            self.p.set_right_margin(glocale.float(attrs['rmargin']))
-            self.p.set_left_margin(glocale.float(attrs['lmargin']))
-            self.p.set_first_indent(glocale.float(attrs['first']))
+            self.p.set_right_margin(float(attrs['rmargin']))
+            self.p.set_left_margin(float(attrs['lmargin']))
+            self.p.set_first_indent(float(attrs['first']))
             try:
                 # This is needed to read older style files
                 # lacking tmargin and bmargin
-                self.p.set_top_margin(glocale.float(attrs['tmargin']))
-                self.p.set_bottom_margin(glocale.float(attrs['bmargin']))
+                self.p.set_top_margin(float(attrs['tmargin']))
+                self.p.set_bottom_margin(float(attrs['bmargin']))
             except KeyError:
                 pass
-            self.p.set_padding(glocale.float(attrs['pad']))
+            self.p.set_padding(float(attrs['pad']))
             self.p.set_alignment(int(attrs['align']))
             self.p.set_right_border(int(attrs['rborder']))
             self.p.set_header_level(int(attrs['level']))
@@ -510,16 +509,16 @@ class SheetParser(handler.ContentHandler):
             self.c.set_right_border(int(attrs['rborder']))
             self.c.set_top_border(int(attrs['tborder']))
             self.c.set_bottom_border(int(attrs['bborder']))
-            self.c.set_padding(glocale.float(attrs['pad']))
+            self.c.set_padding(float(attrs['pad']))
         elif tag == "draw":
             self.g = GraphicsStyle()
             self.g.set_paragraph_style(attrs['para'])
-            self.g.set_line_width(glocale.float(attrs['width']))
+            self.g.set_line_width(float(attrs['width']))
             self.g.set_line_style(int(attrs['style']))
             self.g.set_color(cnv2color(attrs['color']))
             self.g.set_fill_color(cnv2color(attrs['fillcolor']))
             self.g.set_shadow(int(attrs['shadow']),
-                              glocale.float(attrs['space']))
+                              float(attrs['space']))
 
     def endElement(self, tag):
         "Overridden class that handles the end of a XML element"