diff --git a/app/views/conversations/_conversation.haml b/app/views/conversations/_conversation.haml
index bf1622765..bd3cf7c95 100644
--- a/app/views/conversations/_conversation.haml
+++ b/app/views/conversations/_conversation.haml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     .last_author
       .timestamp
-        = time_ago_in_words(conversation.updated_at) + ' ' + t('past')
+        = t('ago', :time =>  time_ago_in_words(conversation.updated_at))
       = authors[conversation.id].name
 
       - if conversation.participants.size > 2
diff --git a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
index 75a82a045..37c6291b1 100644
--- a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ en:
   undo: "Undo?"
   or: "or"
   ago: "%{time} ago"
-  past: "ago"
   username: "Username"
   email: "Email"
   password: "Password"