diff --git a/freqtrade/exchange/kraken.py b/freqtrade/exchange/kraken.py
index 03c97569a..d82725bbb 100644
--- a/freqtrade/exchange/kraken.py
+++ b/freqtrade/exchange/kraken.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Kraken(Exchange):
         consolidated: CcxtBalances = {}
         for currency, balance in balances.items():
             base_currency = currency[:-2] if currency.endswith(".F") else currency
-            base_currency = self._api.commonCurrencies.get(base_currency, base_currency)
+
             if base_currency in consolidated:
                 consolidated[base_currency]["free"] += balance["free"]
                 consolidated[base_currency]["used"] += balance["used"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5c827ff92..82f6d3745 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ bottleneck==1.4.2
 numexpr==2.10.2
 pandas-ta==0.3.14b
 
-ccxt==4.4.69
+ccxt==4.4.71
 cryptography==44.0.2
 aiohttp==3.9.5
 SQLAlchemy==2.0.40
diff --git a/tests/exchange/test_kraken.py b/tests/exchange/test_kraken.py
index 5cfdac15f..fd36a359d 100644
--- a/tests/exchange/test_kraken.py
+++ b/tests/exchange/test_kraken.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def test_get_balances_prod_kraken(default_conf, mocker):
             "4TH": balance_item.copy(),
             "EUR": balance_item.copy(),
             "BTC": {"free": 0.0, "total": 0.0, "used": 0.0},
-            "XBT.F": balance_item.copy(),
+            "BTC.F": balance_item.copy(),
             "timestamp": 123123,
         }
     )
diff --git a/tests/exchange_online/conftest.py b/tests/exchange_online/conftest.py
index 8eedcfb01..f7cf49aa4 100644
--- a/tests/exchange_online/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/exchange_online/conftest.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ EXCHANGES = {
                 "ADA.F": {"free": 2.0, "total": 2.0, "used": 0.0},
                 "BTC": {"free": 0.0006, "total": 0.0006, "used": 0.0},
                 # XBT.F should be mapped to BTC.F
-                "XBT.F": {"free": 0.001, "total": 0.001, "used": 0.0},
+                "BTC.F": {"free": 0.001, "total": 0.001, "used": 0.0},
             },
         },
     },