diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index dade4754..dd0dcce6 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -268,11 +268,6 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "$GETTEXT_PACKAGE",
 ALL_LINGUAS="en_GB de"
 AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
 
-# C++ fails to compile mysteriously without gettext ... fail here
-if test x"$gt_cv_have_gettext" != x"yes"; then
-  AC_MSG_ERROR([gettext not found])
-fi
-
 # Checks for libraries.
 
 # build list of pkg-config packages we used here
diff --git a/libvips/arithmetic/measure.c b/libvips/arithmetic/measure.c
index 77d8a3dc..5017d2a9 100644
--- a/libvips/arithmetic/measure.c
+++ b/libvips/arithmetic/measure.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ vips_measure_build( VipsObject *object )
 					vips_warn( "VipsMeasure",
 						_( "patch %d x %d, band %d: " 
 						   "avg = %g, sdev = %g" ), 
-						i, j, avg, dev );
+						i, j, b, avg, dev );
 
 				*ARY( measure->out, b, i + j * measure->h ) = 
 					avg;