diff --git a/lib/layouts/lettre.layout b/lib/layouts/lettre.layout
index 6caa0ba361..3404672553 100644
--- a/lib/layouts/lettre.layout
+++ b/lib/layouts/lettre.layout
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ Preamble
     \fi		% if needSendFax
   }	%findemessage
 
+% to get the specified pagesize (workaround for a lettre problem)
+\input pdftexconfig.tex
+
 EndPreamble
 
 # My Address style used to specify sender name and coordinates
diff --git a/lib/templates/lettre.lyx b/lib/templates/lettre.lyx
index 51a8b2f6cf..2c5b9582a3 100644
--- a/lib/templates/lettre.lyx
+++ b/lib/templates/lettre.lyx
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 #LyX 2.0.0svn created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
-\lyxformat 403
+\lyxformat 404
 \begin_document
 \begin_header
 \textclass lettre
-\begin_preamble
-% to get A4 pagesize
-\input pdftexconfig.tex
-\end_preamble
 \use_default_options false
 \maintain_unincluded_children false
 \language french
@@ -41,6 +37,7 @@
 \use_indices false
 \paperorientation portrait
 \suppress_date false
+\use_refstyle 0
 \index Index
 \shortcut idx
 \color #008000
@@ -75,22 +72,6 @@ La liste des styles couvre tous les éléments d'une lettre qui apparaissent
 L'ordre des éléments est indifférent.
 \end_layout
 
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-Pour la compilation 
-\family typewriter
-pdflatex
-\family default
-, le police implicite est 
-\family typewriter
-lmodern
-\family default
- : si vous voulez utiliser une autre police via 
-\family sans
-Documents ▹ Paramètres ▹ Polices, 
-\family default
-supprimez le préambule LaTeX
-\end_layout
-
 \end_inset