We performed numerical 3-d MHD simulations to study whether or not the presence of helicity is a necessary ingredient for fast dynamo action. A steady 3-d flow with no mean helicity is used and is turned out that apart from the high growth rate in the linear regime the dynamo saturates at a level significantly higher that the intermittent turbulent dynamos. It becomes clear from this example that the precense of a mean helicity is not at all a requirement for dynamo action but it is rather the stretching ability of the flow that amplifies the magnetic energy in an exponential manner.