diff -u -r ../newsboat-2.16.1/rust/libnewsboat/Cargo.toml ./rust/libnewsboat/Cargo.toml
--- ../newsboat-2.16.1/rust/libnewsboat/Cargo.toml	2019-06-26 17:55:21.000000000 +0000
+++ ./rust/libnewsboat/Cargo.toml	2019-08-05 00:21:20.075339058 +0000
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 unicode-segmentation = "1"
 curl-sys = "0.4.5"
 libc = "0.2"
-gettext-rs = "0.4.1"
 
 # We don't use the following crates, but we pin their versions to make sure
 # that Newsboat builds with Rust 1.25 and later.
@@ -35,12 +34,6 @@
 #   I want as little dependencies as practically possible.
 default-features = false
 
-[dependencies.gettext-sys]
-version = "0.19.8"
-# Don't let the crate build its own copy of gettext; force it to use the one
-# built into glibc.
-features = [ "gettext-system" ]
-
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3"
 proptest = "0.7"
diff -u -r ../newsboat-2.16.1/rust/libnewsboat/src/cliargsparser.rs ./rust/libnewsboat/src/cliargsparser.rs
--- ../newsboat-2.16.1/rust/libnewsboat/src/cliargsparser.rs	2019-06-26 17:55:21.000000000 +0000
+++ ./rust/libnewsboat/src/cliargsparser.rs	2019-08-05 00:20:55.315653682 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use clap::{App, Arg};
-use gettextrs::gettext;
 use libc::{EXIT_FAILURE, EXIT_SUCCESS};
 
 use logger::Level;
@@ -281,7 +280,7 @@
                 }
                 _ => {
                     args.display_msg = fmt!(
-                        &gettext("%s: %s: invalid loglevel value"),
+                        "%s: %s: invalid loglevel value",
                         &opts[0],
                         log_level_str
                     );
diff -u -r ../newsboat-2.16.1/rust/libnewsboat/src/lib.rs ./rust/libnewsboat/src/lib.rs
--- ../newsboat-2.16.1/rust/libnewsboat/src/lib.rs	2019-06-26 17:55:21.000000000 +0000
+++ ./rust/libnewsboat/src/lib.rs	2019-08-05 00:21:05.675522029 +0000
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate proptest;
 extern crate clap;
-extern crate gettextrs;
 extern crate libc;
 
 // This module must be declared before the others because it exports a `log!` macro that everyone