diff --git a/src/locale.rs b/src/locale.rs
index 63ff6fca..8bdae9ba 100644
--- a/src/locale.rs
+++ b/src/locale.rs
@@ -88,15 +88,6 @@ impl Drop for XkbInfo {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
-pub struct Translation<'a>(pub &'a str);
-
-impl<'a> Translation<'a> {
-    pub fn to_owned(&'a self) -> OwnedTranslation {
-        OwnedTranslation(self.0.to_owned())
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct OwnedTranslation(pub String);
 
diff --git a/src/popover.rs b/src/popover.rs
index 8c43f30a..feec80f1 100644
--- a/src/popover.rs
+++ b/src/popover.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ use gtk;
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use ::layout::c::{ Bounds, EekGtkKeyboard };
-use ::locale;
-use ::locale::{ OwnedTranslation, Translation, compare_current_locale };
-use ::locale_config::system_locale;
+use ::locale::{ OwnedTranslation, compare_current_locale };
 use ::logging;
 use ::manager;
 use ::resources;
@@ -209,13 +207,8 @@ fn get_current_layout(
 /// Translates all provided layout names according to current locale,
 /// for the purpose of display (i.e. errors will be caught and reported)
 fn translate_layout_names(layouts: &Vec<LayoutId>) -> Vec<OwnedTranslation> {
-    // This procedure is rather ugly...
-    // Xkb lookup *must not* be applied to non-system layouts,
-    // so both translators can't be merged into one lookup table,
-    // therefore must be done in two steps.
-    // `XkbInfo` being temporary also means
-    // that its return values must be copied,
-    // forcing the use of `OwnedTranslation`.
+    // `XkbInfo` being temporary means that its return values must be
+    // copied, forcing the use of `OwnedTranslation`.
     enum Status {
         /// xkb names should get all translated here
         Translated(OwnedTranslation),
@@ -224,7 +217,7 @@ fn translate_layout_names(layouts: &Vec<LayoutId>) -> Vec<OwnedTranslation> {
     }
 
     // Attempt to take all xkb names from gnome-desktop's xkb info.
-    let xkb_translator = locale::XkbInfo::new();
+    let xkb_translator = ::locale::XkbInfo::new();
 
     let translated_names = layouts.iter()
         .map(|id| match id {
@@ -236,44 +229,15 @@ fn translate_layout_names(layouts: &Vec<LayoutId>) -> Vec<OwnedTranslation> {
                         &format!("No display name for xkb layout {}", name),
                     ).unwrap_or_else(|| Status::Remaining(name.clone()))
             },
-            LayoutId::Local(name) => Status::Remaining(name.clone()),
+            LayoutId::Local (_) => unreachable!(),
         });
 
-    // Weird xkb layouts still need to be looked up in the internal database.
-    let builtin_translations = system_locale()
-        .map(|locale|
-            locale.tags_for("messages")
-                .next().unwrap() // guaranteed to exist
-                .as_ref()
-                .to_owned()
-        )
-        .or_print(logging::Problem::Surprise, "No locale detected")
-        .and_then(|lang| {
-            resources::get_layout_names(lang.as_str())
-        });
-
-    match builtin_translations {
-        Some(translations) => {
-            translated_names
-                .map(|status| match status {
-                    Status::Remaining(name) => {
-                        translations.get(name.as_str())
-                            .unwrap_or(&Translation(name.as_str()))
-                            .to_owned()
-                    },
-                    Status::Translated(t) => t,
-                })
-                .collect()
-        },
-        None => {
-            translated_names
-                .map(|status| match status {
-                    Status::Remaining(name) => OwnedTranslation(name),
-                    Status::Translated(t) => t,
-                })
-                .collect()
-        },
-    }
+    translated_names
+        .map(|status| match status {
+            Status::Remaining(name) => OwnedTranslation(name),
+            Status::Translated(t) => t,
+        })
+        .collect()
 }
 
 pub fn show(
diff --git a/src/resources.rs b/src/resources.rs
index 39372755..1795dbe9 100644
--- a/src/resources.rs
+++ b/src/resources.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
  * This could be done using GResource, but that would need additional work.
  */
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use ::locale::Translation;
-
-use std::iter::FromIterator;
-
 // TODO: keep a list of what is a language layout,
 // and what a convenience layout. "_wide" is not a layout,
 // neither is "number"
@@ -125,42 +120,6 @@ pub fn get_overlays() -> Vec<&'static str> {
     OVERLAY_NAMES.to_vec()
 }
 
-/// Translations of the layout identifier strings
-static LAYOUT_NAMES: &[(&'static str, &'static str)] = &[
-    ("es-ES", include_str!("../data/langs/es-ES.txt")),
-    ("fur-IT", include_str!("../data/langs/fur-IT.txt")),
-    ("he-IL", include_str!("../data/langs/he-IL.txt")),
-    ("ru-RU", include_str!("../data/langs/ru-RU.txt")),
-];
-
-pub fn get_layout_names(lang: &str)
-    -> Option<HashMap<&'static str, Translation<'static>>>
-{
-    let translations = LAYOUT_NAMES.iter()
-        .find(|(name, _data)| *name == lang)
-        .map(|(_name, data)| *data);
-    translations.map(make_mapping)
-}
-
-fn parse_line(line: &str) -> Option<(&str, Translation)> {
-    let comment = line.trim().starts_with("#");
-    if comment {
-        None
-    } else {
-        let mut iter = line.splitn(2, " ");
-        let name = iter.next().unwrap();
-        // will skip empty and unfinished lines
-        iter.next().map(|tr| (name, Translation(tr.trim())))
-    }
-}
-
-fn make_mapping(data: &str) -> HashMap<&str, Translation> {
-    HashMap::from_iter(
-        data.split("\n")
-            .filter_map(parse_line)
-    )
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;
@@ -171,32 +130,4 @@ mod test {
             assert!(get_keyboard(&format!("{}/us", name)).is_some());
         }
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn mapping_line() {
-        assert_eq!(
-            Some(("name", Translation("translation"))),
-            parse_line("name translation")
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn mapping_bad() {
-        assert_eq!(None, parse_line("bad"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn mapping_empty() {
-        assert_eq!(None, parse_line(""));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn mapping_comment() {
-        assert_eq!(None, parse_line("# comment"));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn mapping_comment_offset() {
-        assert_eq!(None, parse_line("  # comment"));
-    }
 }