diff --git a/lib/tagexts.c b/lib/tagexts.c

index f72ff60..2c0b179 100644

--- a/lib/tagexts.c

+++ b/lib/tagexts.c

@@ -535,15 +535,6 @@ static int filerequireTag(Header h, rpmtd td, headerGetFlags hgflags)

     return filedepTag(h, RPMTAG_REQUIRENAME, td, hgflags);

 }

-/* I18N look aside diversions */

-

-#if defined(ENABLE_NLS)

-extern int _nl_msg_cat_cntr;	/* XXX GNU gettext voodoo */

-#endif

-static const char * const language = "LANGUAGE";

-

-static const char * const _macro_i18ndomains = "%{?_i18ndomains}";

-

 /**

  * Retrieve i18n text.

  * @param h		header

@@ -554,59 +545,30 @@ static const char * const _macro_i18ndomains = "%{?_i18ndomains}";

  */

 static int i18nTag(Header h, rpmTag tag, rpmtd td, headerGetFlags hgflags)

 {

-    int rc;

+    int rc = headerGet(h, tag, td, HEADERGET_ALLOC);

 #if defined(ENABLE_NLS)

-    char * dstring = rpmExpand(_macro_i18ndomains, NULL);

-

-    td->type = RPM_STRING_TYPE;

-    td->data = NULL;

-    td->count = 0;

-

-    if (dstring && *dstring) {

-	char *domain, *de;

-	const char * langval;

-	char * msgkey;

-	const char * msgid;

+    if (rc) {

+	static const char * const _macro_i18ndomains = "%{?_i18ndomains}";

+	char *de, *dstring = rpmExpand(_macro_i18ndomains, NULL);

+	const char *domain;

-	rasprintf(&msgkey, "%s(%s)", headerGetString(h, RPMTAG_NAME), 

-		  rpmTagGetName(tag));

-

-	/* change to en_US for msgkey -> msgid resolution */

-	langval = getenv(language);

-	(void) setenv(language, "en_US", 1);

-        ++_nl_msg_cat_cntr;

-

-	msgid = NULL;

 	for (domain = dstring; domain != NULL; domain = de) {

+	    const char *msgid = td->data;

+	    const char *msg = NULL;

+

 	    de = strchr(domain, ':');

 	    if (de) *de++ = '\0';

-	    msgid = dgettext(domain, msgkey);

-	    if (msgid != msgkey) break;

-	}

-

-	/* restore previous environment for msgid -> msgstr resolution */

-	if (langval)

-	    (void) setenv(language, langval, 1);

-	else

-	    unsetenv(language);

-        ++_nl_msg_cat_cntr;

-

-	if (domain && msgid) {

-	    td->data = dgettext(domain, msgid);

-	    td->data = xstrdup(td->data); /* XXX xstrdup has side effects. */

-	    td->count = 1;

-	    td->flags = RPMTD_ALLOCED;

+	    msg = dgettext(domain, td->data);

+	    if (msg != msgid) {

+		free(td->data);

+		td->data = xstrdup(msg);

+		break;

+	    }

 	}

-	dstring = _free(dstring);

-	free(msgkey);

-	if (td->data)

-	    return 1;

+	free(dstring);

     }

-

-    free(dstring);

 #endif

-    rc = headerGet(h, tag, td, HEADERGET_ALLOC);

     return rc;

 }