diff --git a/java/res/values-iw-sw600dp/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml b/java/res/values-iw-sw600dp/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b562b18db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/res/values-iw-sw600dp/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+/*
+**
+** Copyright 2014, The Android Open Source Project
+**
+** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+** You may obtain a copy of the License at
+**
+**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+**
+** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+** limitations under the License.
+*/
+-->
+<resources xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2">
+    <!-- The all letters need to be mirrored are found at
+         http://www.unicode.org/Public/6.1.0/ucd/BidiMirroring.txt -->
+    <!-- Symbols that are suggested between words -->
+    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">:,;,\",(|),)|(,\',-,/,@,_</string>
+</resources>
diff --git a/java/res/values-iw/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml b/java/res/values-iw/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a9e6ee7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/res/values-iw/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+/*
+**
+** Copyright 2014, The Android Open Source Project
+**
+** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+** You may obtain a copy of the License at
+**
+**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+**
+** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+** limitations under the License.
+*/
+-->
+<resources xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2">
+    <!-- The all letters need to be mirrored are found at
+         http://www.unicode.org/Public/6.1.0/ucd/BidiMirroring.txt -->
+    <!-- Symbols that are suggested between words -->
+    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">!,?,\\,,:,;,\",(|),)|(,\',-,/,@,_</string>
+</resources>
diff --git a/java/res/values-sw600dp/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml b/java/res/values-sw600dp/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
index 9c12cf49a..4d19412a3 100644
--- a/java/res/values-sw600dp/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
+++ b/java/res/values-sw600dp/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
 -->
 <resources xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2">
     <!-- Symbols that are suggested between words -->
-    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">:,;,\",!text/keyspec_left_parenthesis,!text/keyspec_right_parenthesis,\',-,/,@,_</string>
+    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">:,;,\",(,),\',-,/,@,_</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/java/res/values/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml b/java/res/values/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
index 1dd2e1f6b..ad5663d9b 100644
--- a/java/res/values/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
+++ b/java/res/values/config-spacing-and-punctuations.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <!-- TODO: these settings depend on the language. They should be put either in the dictionary
          header, or in the subtype maybe? -->
     <!-- Symbols that are suggested between words -->
-    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">!,?,\\,,:,;,\",!text/keyspec_left_parenthesis,!text/keyspec_right_parenthesis,\',-,/,@,_</string>
+    <string name="suggested_punctuations" translatable="false">!,?,\\,,:,;,\",(,),\',-,/,@,_</string>
     <!-- Symbols that are normally preceded by a space (used to add an auto-space before these) -->
     <string name="symbols_preceded_by_space" translatable="false">([{&amp;</string>
     <!-- Symbols that are normally followed by a space (used to add an auto-space after these) -->
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/settings/SpacingAndPunctuations.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/settings/SpacingAndPunctuations.java
index 5954758aa..796921f71 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/settings/SpacingAndPunctuations.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/settings/SpacingAndPunctuations.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package com.android.inputmethod.latin.settings;
 
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 
-import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.internal.KeyboardTextsSet;
 import com.android.inputmethod.keyboard.internal.MoreKeySpec;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.Constants;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.PunctuationSuggestions;
@@ -61,10 +60,8 @@ public final class SpacingAndPunctuations {
         // English variants. German rules (not "German typography") also have small gotchas.
         mUsesAmericanTypography = Locale.ENGLISH.getLanguage().equals(locale.getLanguage());
         mUsesGermanRules = Locale.GERMAN.getLanguage().equals(locale.getLanguage());
-        final KeyboardTextsSet textsSet = new KeyboardTextsSet();
-        textsSet.setLocale(locale);
         final String[] suggestPuncsSpec = MoreKeySpec.splitKeySpecs(
-                textsSet.resolveTextReference(res.getString(R.string.suggested_punctuations)));
+                res.getString(R.string.suggested_punctuations));
         mSuggestPuncList = PunctuationSuggestions.newPunctuationSuggestions(suggestPuncsSpec);
     }