--- xsane-0.999.old/src/xsane.c
+++ xsane-0.999/src/xsane.c
@@ -4941,39 +4941,12 @@
 
     xsane.backend = malloc(strlen(textptr)+6);
     sprintf(xsane.backend, "sane-%s", textptr); /* add "sane-" */
-    DBG(DBG_info, "Setting backend name \"%s\"\n", xsane.backend);
-
-    xsane.backend_translation = xsane.backend;
-    bindtextdomain(xsane.backend_translation, STRINGIFY(SANELOCALEDIR)); /* set path for backend translation texts */
-#ifdef HAVE_GTK2
-    bind_textdomain_codeset(xsane.backend_translation, "UTF-8");
-#endif
-
-    if (!strlen(dgettext(xsane.backend_translation, ""))) /* translation not valid, use general translation table */
-    {
-      xsane.backend_translation = "sane-backends";
-      DBG(DBG_info, "Setting general translation table \"sane-backends\" with localedir: %s\n", STRINGIFY(LOCALEDIR));
-    }
-    else /* we have a valid table for the backend */
-    {
-      DBG(DBG_info, "Setting backend translation table \"%s\" with localedir: %s\n", xsane.backend_translation, STRINGIFY(LOCALEDIR));
-    }
   }
   else /* use general backend name "sane-backends" for sane */
   {
     xsane.backend = strdup("sane-backends");
-    DBG(DBG_info, "Setting general backend name \"%s\"\n", xsane.backend);
-
-    xsane.backend_translation = xsane.backend;
-    DBG(DBG_info, "Setting general translation table \"sane-backends\" with localedir: %s\n", STRINGIFY(LOCALEDIR));
   }
 
-  bindtextdomain("sane-backends", STRINGIFY(SANELOCALEDIR)); /* set path for backend translation texts */
-#ifdef HAVE_GTK2
-  bind_textdomain_codeset(xsane.backend_translation, "UTF-8");
-#endif
-
-
   /* create device-text for window titles */
 
   snprintf(devicetext, sizeof(devicetext), "%s", xsane.devlist[xsane.selected_dev]->model);
@@ -6169,21 +6142,6 @@
     xsane.ipc_pipefd[1] = 0;
   }
 
-#if 0
-  bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, STRINGIFY(LOCALEDIR));
-  textdomain(PACKAGE);         
-#ifdef HAVE_GTK2
-  bind_textdomain_codeset(PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
-#endif
-#else
-  DBG(DBG_info, "Setting xsane translation table with localedir: %s\n", STRINGIFY(LOCALEDIR));
-  bindtextdomain(xsane.prog_name, STRINGIFY(LOCALEDIR));
-  textdomain(xsane.prog_name);
-#ifdef HAVE_GTK2
-  bind_textdomain_codeset(xsane.prog_name, "UTF-8");
-#endif
-#endif
-
 #ifdef HAVE_ANY_GIMP
   {
     GPrintFunc old_print_func;