diff -uNr newsboat-2.17/rust/libnewsboat/Cargo.toml newsboat-2.17.mod/rust/libnewsboat/Cargo.toml
--- newsboat-2.17/rust/libnewsboat/Cargo.toml	2019-09-22 17:19:19.000000000 +0300
+++ newsboat-2.17.mod/rust/libnewsboat/Cargo.toml	2019-09-24 20:57:10.680900795 +0300
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 unicode-segmentation = "1"
 curl-sys = "0.4.5"
 libc = "0.2"
-gettext-rs = "0.4.1"
 natord = "1.0.9"
 
 # We don't use the following crates, but we pin their versions to make sure
@@ -37,12 +36,6 @@
 #   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 -uNr newsboat-2.17/rust/libnewsboat/src/cliargsparser.rs newsboat-2.17.mod/rust/libnewsboat/src/cliargsparser.rs
--- newsboat-2.17/rust/libnewsboat/src/cliargsparser.rs	2019-09-22 17:19:19.000000000 +0300
+++ newsboat-2.17.mod/rust/libnewsboat/src/cliargsparser.rs	2019-09-24 20:56:44.030818719 +0300
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use clap::{App, Arg};
-use gettextrs::gettext;
 use libc::{EXIT_FAILURE, EXIT_SUCCESS};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
@@ -282,7 +281,7 @@
                 }
                 _ => {
                     args.display_msg = fmt!(
-                        &gettext("%s: %s: invalid loglevel value"),
+                        "%s: %s: invalid loglevel value",
                         &opts[0],
                         log_level_str
                     );
diff -uNr newsboat-2.17/rust/libnewsboat/src/configpaths.rs newsboat-2.17.mod/rust/libnewsboat/src/configpaths.rs
--- newsboat-2.17/rust/libnewsboat/src/configpaths.rs	2019-09-22 17:19:19.000000000 +0300
+++ newsboat-2.17.mod/rust/libnewsboat/src/configpaths.rs	2019-09-24 21:04:18.205613586 +0300
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use cliargsparser::CliArgsParser;
 use dirs;
-use gettextrs::gettext;
 use libc;
 use logger::{self, Level};
 use std::fs::{self, DirBuilder};
@@ -69,11 +68,9 @@
             let uid = unsafe { libc::getuid() };
 
             config_paths.error_message = fmt!(
-                &gettext(
                     "Fatal error: couldn't determine home directory!\n\
                      Please set the HOME environment variable or add \
-                     a valid user for UID %u!"
-                ),
+                     a valid user for UID %u!",
                 uid
             );
 
@@ -131,7 +128,7 @@
         if !self.silent {
             eprintln!(
                 "{}",
-                &gettext("Migrating configs and data from Newsbeuter's XDG dirs...")
+                "Migrating configs and data from Newsbeuter's XDG dirs..."
             );
         }
 
@@ -187,7 +184,7 @@
         if !self.silent {
             eprintln!(
                 "{}",
-                &gettext("Migrating configs and data from Newsbeuter's dotdir...")
+                "Migrating configs and data from Newsbeuter's dotdir..."
             );
         }
 
@@ -199,7 +196,7 @@
                     eprintln!(
                         "{}",
                         &fmt!(
-                            &gettext("Aborting migration because mkdir on `%s' failed: %s"),
+                            "Aborting migration because mkdir on `%s' failed: %s",
                             &newsboat_dir.to_string_lossy().into_owned(),
                             err.to_string()
                         )
diff -uNr newsboat-2.17/rust/libnewsboat/src/lib.rs newsboat-2.17.mod/rust/libnewsboat/src/lib.rs
--- newsboat-2.17/rust/libnewsboat/src/lib.rs	2019-09-22 17:19:19.000000000 +0300
+++ newsboat-2.17.mod/rust/libnewsboat/src/lib.rs	2019-09-24 20:56:44.030818719 +0300
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #[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