diff --git a/src/trezor/gettext.py b/src/trezor/gettext.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a955d12acd..0000000000
--- a/src/trezor/gettext.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-def gettext(message):
-    return message
-
-_ = gettext
diff --git a/src/trezor/res/__init__.py b/src/trezor/res/__init__.py
index f05651be90..06a7f448de 100644
--- a/src/trezor/res/__init__.py
+++ b/src/trezor/res/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 def loadres(name):
     with open(name, 'rb') as f:
         return f.read()
+
+def gettext(message):
+    return message
+
+_ = gettext