diff --git a/config/environment.rb b/config/environment.rb
index fa735f1..919b44a 100644
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -111,16 +111,6 @@ end
 
 ActiveRecord::Base.store_full_sti_class = true
 
-Noosfero.locales = {
-  'en' => 'English',
-  'pt' => 'Português',
-  'fr' => 'Français',
-  'hy' => 'հայերեն լեզու',
-  'de' => 'Deutsch',
-  'ru' => 'русский язык',
-  'es' => 'Español',
-  'eo' => 'Esperanto'
-}
 # if you want to override this, do it in config/local.rb !
 Noosfero.default_locale = nil
 
diff --git a/lib/noosfero.rb b/lib/noosfero.rb
index e88bcff..1fd9752 100644
--- a/lib/noosfero.rb
+++ b/lib/noosfero.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,18 @@ module Noosfero
   end
 
   class << self
-    attr_accessor :locales
+    def locales
+      {
+        'en' => 'English',
+        'pt' => 'Português',
+        'fr' => 'Français',
+        'hy' => 'հայերեն լեզու',
+        'de' => 'Deutsch',
+        'ru' => 'русский язык',
+        'es' => 'Español',
+        'eo' => 'Esperanto'
+      }
+    end
     attr_accessor :default_locale
     def available_locales
       @available_locales ||=
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