--- a/src/realpath.c
+++ b/src/realpath.c
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
-#include <libintl.h>
 #include <locale.h>
 
-#define _(String) gettext (String)
+#define _(String) (String)
 
 static char *stripdir(char * dir, char *buf, int maxlen);
 
@@ -116,9 +115,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 	myname = ( p = strchr(argv[0], '/') ) ? p+1 : argv[0];
 
-	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
-	bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
-	textdomain(PACKAGE);
 
 
 	parse_options(argc, argv);