--- a/usr/bin/byobu-export.in
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-export.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PKG="byobu"
 [ -z "${BYOBU_PREFIX}" ] && export BYOBU_PREFIX="@prefix@" || export BYOBU_PREFIX
 . "${BYOBU_PREFIX}/lib/${PKG}/include/common"
 
-gettext "
+echo "
 The byobu-export utility is now deprecated.
 
 To install byobu on a system for which byobu is not packaged, or
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/menu
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/menu
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ __menu() {
 	else
 		key="F9"
 	fi
-	text=$(gettext "Menu" 2>/dev/null) || text="Menu"
+	text="Menu"
 	color k w; printf "%s:<" "$text"; color -; color b k w; printf "%s" "$key"; color k w; printf ">"
 }