diff --git a/apostrophe.in b/apostrophe.in
index 70abee5..ee5452c 100755
--- a/apostrophe.in
+++ b/apostrophe.in
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ pkgdatadir = '@DATA_DIR@'
 #locale_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(apostrophe.__file__),'../po/'))
 
 # L10n
-locale.textdomain('apostrophe')
-locale.bindtextdomain('apostrophe', localedir)
 gettext.textdomain('apostrophe')
 gettext.bindtextdomain('apostrophe', localedir)