diff --git a/src/gettext.hpp b/src/gettext.hpp
index 5f6b13d3a29..da0e550f0e6 100644
--- a/src/gettext.hpp
+++ b/src/gettext.hpp
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ namespace translation
 
 	void set_language(const std::string& language, const std::vector<std::string>* alternates);
 
-	void init();
-
 	/** Case-sensitive lexicographical comparison. */
 	int compare(const std::string& s1,const std::string& s2);
 
diff --git a/src/gettext_boost.cpp b/src/gettext_boost.cpp
index bd47f17b183..a52626cc51e 100644
--- a/src/gettext_boost.cpp
+++ b/src/gettext_boost.cpp
@@ -438,10 +438,6 @@ int icompare(const std::string& s1, const std::string& s2)
 #endif
 }
 
-void init()
-{
-}
-
 std::string strftime(const std::string& format, const std::tm* time)
 {
 	std::basic_ostringstream<char> dummy;
diff --git a/src/tests/utils/game_config_manager.cpp b/src/tests/utils/game_config_manager.cpp
index 1e14b275b9c..1120369a6b6 100644
--- a/src/tests/utils/game_config_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/utils/game_config_manager.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ namespace test_utils {
 			setlocale(LC_ALL, "English");
 #else
 			std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "C");
-			translation::init();
 #endif
 			const std::string& intl_dir = filesystem::get_intl_dir();
 			translation::bind_textdomain("wesnoth", intl_dir.c_str(), "UTF-8");
diff --git a/src/wesnoth.cpp b/src/wesnoth.cpp
index 390fa029fe0..4f5dd85ad4c 100644
--- a/src/wesnoth.cpp
+++ b/src/wesnoth.cpp
@@ -506,7 +506,6 @@ static void init_locale()
 	setlocale(LC_ALL, "English");
 #else
 	std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "C");
-	translation::init();
 #endif
 
 	const std::string& intl_dir = filesystem::get_intl_dir();