diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1efbabf..fdf50d4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,20 +31,6 @@ include( TDEMacros )
 
 ##### find required stuff #######################
 
-include( FindGettext )
-if( GETTEXT_FOUND )
-  set( DEFAULT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE ${GETTEXT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE} )
-else( GETTEXE_FOUND )
-  find_program( DEFAULT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE msgfmt )
-endif( GETTEXT_FOUND )
-
-set( MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE ${DEFAULT_MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE} CACHE FILEPATH
-		"path to msgfmt executable" )
-
-if( NOT MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE )
-  tde_message_fatal( "msgfmt is required but was not found on your system or defined" )
-endif( NOT MSGFMT_EXECUTABLE )
-
 find_package( TDE )