diff --git a/linkcheck/i18n.py b/linkcheck/i18n.py
index 324b0bac..283c1593 100644
--- a/linkcheck/i18n.py
+++ b/linkcheck/i18n.py
@@ -33,21 +33,10 @@ default_domain = None
 
 def install_builtin (translator, do_unicode):
     """Install _() and _n() gettext methods into default namespace."""
-    try:
-        import __builtin__ as builtins
-    except ImportError:
-        # Python 3
-        import builtins
-    # Python 3 has no ugettext
-    has_unicode = hasattr(translator, 'ugettext')
-    if do_unicode and has_unicode:
-        builtins.__dict__['_'] = translator.ugettext
-        # also install ngettext
-        builtins.__dict__['_n'] = translator.ungettext
-    else:
-        builtins.__dict__['_'] = translator.gettext
-        # also install ngettext
-        builtins.__dict__['_n'] = translator.ngettext
+    import builtins
+    builtins.__dict__['_'] = translator.gettext
+    # also install ngettext
+    builtins.__dict__['_n'] = translator.ngettext
 
 class Translator (gettext.GNUTranslations):
     """A translation class always installing its gettext methods into the