diff -u -r ../newsboat-2.18/rust/libnewsboat/src/configpaths.rs ./rust/libnewsboat/src/configpaths.rs
--- ../newsboat-2.18/rust/libnewsboat/src/configpaths.rs	2019-12-22 11:56:20.000000000 +0000
+++ ./rust/libnewsboat/src/configpaths.rs	2020-01-02 20:41:18.852245000 +0000
@@ -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/...")
+                "Migrating configs and data from ~/.newsbeuter/..."
             );
         }
 
@@ -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()
                         )