diff --git a/normalization/languages/french/replacements.py b/normalization/languages/french/replacements.py
index dc2a6a6..4e166c9 100644
--- a/normalization/languages/french/replacements.py
+++ b/normalization/languages/french/replacements.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     "alpiq": "alpic",
     "traitee": "traite",
     "kilowattheures": "kilowattheure",
-    "metres": "m2",
     "monsieur": "m",
     "ouais": "oui",
 }
diff --git a/normalization/languages/french/sentence_replacements.py b/normalization/languages/french/sentence_replacements.py
index 5b60a49..36b68db 100644
--- a/normalization/languages/french/sentence_replacements.py
+++ b/normalization/languages/french/sentence_replacements.py
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
     "pour cent": "pourcent",
     # ASR / WER canonicalizations
     "my people doc": "mypeopledoc",
-    "bulletins de salaires": "bulletins de salaire",
-    "zaka nino": "zaccanino",
-    "c est cher": "c'est cher",
     "releve d heure": "releve d heures",
+    # Surface area: converge spoken form and symbol (not bare ``metres``)
+    "metres carres": "m2",
+    "metre carre": "m2",
+    "metres carre": "m2",
 }