diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 783e994..05d1be7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -198,8 +198,6 @@ options:
                         Merge output. Defaults to --no-merge
   -s {front,back,both}, --side {front,back,both}
                         Side(s) to generate. Defaults to both.
-  -l {en,nl}, --lang {en,nl}
-                        Language. 'en' and 'nl' supported. Defaults to 'en'.
   -f {pdf,png}, --format {pdf,png}
                         Output format. 'pdf' and 'png' supported. Defaults to 'pdf'.
   -r, --rank, --no-rank
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cf6ad0b..5e2cdb0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "babel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ exclude = ["shithappens.opensans"]
 namespaces = false
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
-shithappens = ["opensans/fonts/ttf/*.ttf", "images/*.png", "locales/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo"]
+shithappens = ["opensans/fonts/ttf/*.ttf", "images/*.png"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 dependencies = {file = ["requirements.txt"]}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f7aef4c..1fe7e5e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ matplotlib
 pandas
 openpyxl
 PyPDF2
-tqdm
-babel
\ No newline at end of file
+tqdm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 457a984..0000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-[extract_messages]
-input-dirs = src
-output-file = src/shithappens/locales/shithappens.pot
-keywords = _ gettext ngettext
-width = 80
-
-[compile_catalog]
-domain = shithappens
-directory = src/shithappens/locales
-statistics = true
-
-[init_catalog]
-domain = shithappens
-input-file = src/shithappens/locales/shithappens.pot
-output-dir = src/shithappens/locales
-
-[update_catalog]
-domain = shithappens
-input-file = src/shithappens/locales/shithappens.pot
-output-dir = src/shithappens/locales
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/main.py b/src/app/main.py
index cf0ee90..ce8e399 100644
--- a/src/app/main.py
+++ b/src/app/main.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import pandas as pd
 import tkinter as tk
 from tkinter import filedialog
-from pathlib import Path
 
 sys.path.append(str(Path(__file__).absolute().parent.parent))
 
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ def select_folder():
 
     merge = st.checkbox("Merge output", value=True)
     side = st.selectbox("Side(s) to generate", ["both", "front", "back"])
-    lang = st.selectbox("Language", ["en", "nl"])
     format = st.selectbox("Output format", ["pdf", "png"])
     workers = st.number_input("Number of workers", value=4)
     chunks = st.number_input("Number of chunks for the workers to process", value=30)
@@ -50,6 +48,5 @@ def select_folder():
             format=format,
             workers=workers,
             chunks=chunks,
-            lang=lang,
         )
         st.write("Cards written to ", output_dir)
diff --git a/src/shithappens/cli/__init__.py b/src/shithappens/cli/__init__.py
index 838bc31..f9f2f5c 100644
--- a/src/shithappens/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/src/shithappens/cli/__init__.py
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@ def cli():
     default="both",
     help="Side(s) to generate.",
 )
-@click.option(
-    "-l",
-    "--language",
-    "lang",
-    type=click.Choice(["en", "nl"], case_sensitive=False),
-    default="en",
-    help="Language.",
-)
 @click.option(
     "-f",
     "--format",
diff --git a/src/shithappens/cli/utils.py b/src/shithappens/cli/utils.py
index 1d39843..0fbeace 100644
--- a/src/shithappens/cli/utils.py
+++ b/src/shithappens/cli/utils.py
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 from glob import glob
 import click
 
-from shithappens.utils import install_lang
-
-_ = install_lang("en")
-
 
 def verify_input_dir(input_dir: Path):
     while True:
@@ -13,24 +9,23 @@ def verify_input_dir(input_dir: Path):
             break
         input_dir = Path(
             input(
-                _(
-                    "Input directory {} does not exist. Please specify an existing input directory.\n"
-                ).format(input_dir)
+                f"Input directory {input_dir} does not exist. "
+                "Please specify an existing input directory.\n"
             )
         )
 
     output_dir = input_dir / "outputs"
-    print(_("Reading files from {}.").format(input_dir))
-    print(_("Output files in {}.").format(output_dir))
+    print(f"Reading files from {input_dir}.")
+    print(f"Output files in {output_dir}.")
 
     xlsx_paths = glob(f"{input_dir / '*.xlsx'}")
     xlsx_paths_num = len(xlsx_paths)
     if not xlsx_paths_num:
-        print(_("Please provide an Excel file in {}.").format(input_dir))
+        print("Please provide an Excel file in {input_dir}.")
         exit(1)
     elif xlsx_paths_num > 1:
         while True:
-            print(_("\nMore than one input file found."))
+            print("\nMore than one input file found.")
             for i, xlsx_path in enumerate(xlsx_paths, 1):
                 print(f"[{i}] {xlsx_path}")
             try:
diff --git a/src/shithappens/create_cards.py b/src/shithappens/create_cards.py
index 76d4445..2d29af2 100644
--- a/src/shithappens/create_cards.py
+++ b/src/shithappens/create_cards.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import argparse
-import gettext
 import textwrap
 from functools import partial
 from glob import glob
@@ -16,28 +15,14 @@
 from matplotlib.patches import Rectangle
 from matplotlib.text import Annotation
 from matplotlib.transforms import Bbox
-
-try:
-    from tqdm import tqdm
-except ImportError:
-
-    def tqdm(iterable, *args, **kwargs):
-        del args, kwargs
-        return iterable
+from tqdm import tqdm
 
 
 from shithappens.card import Card
+from shithappens.cli.utils import verify_input_dir
 from shithappens.utils import merge_pdfs, slugify
 
 
-def install_lang(locale: str):
-    localedir = Path(__file__).parent.resolve() / "locales"
-    lang = gettext.translation("shithappens", localedir=localedir, languages=[locale])
-    lang.install()
-    global _
-    _ = lang.gettext
-
-
 def text_with_wrap_autofit(
     ax: plt.Axes,
     txt: str,
@@ -133,7 +118,6 @@ class ShitHappensArgs(argparse.Namespace):
     merge: bool
     rank: bool
     side: Literal["front", "back", "both"]
-    lang: Literal["en", "nl"]
     format: Literal["pdf", "png"]
     workers: int
     chunks: int
@@ -156,7 +140,7 @@ def parse_excel(input_path: Path, desc_col: int, misery_index_col: int) -> pd.Da
             input_path, usecols=[desc_col, misery_index_col], engine="openpyxl"
         )
     except Exception:
-        print(_("{} is not an excel file.").format(input_path))
+        print(f"{input_path} is not an excel file.")
         exit()
 
     return df
@@ -241,7 +225,7 @@ def plot_card_front(card: Card) -> Figure:
         color="yellow",
     )
 
-    mi_desc = _("misery index")
+    mi_desc = "misery index"
     ax.text(
         x_total / 2,
         1.3 * y_size / 8 + bleed,
@@ -309,7 +293,7 @@ def plot_card_back(card: Card, input_dir: Path) -> Figure:
     )
 
     game_name = "Shit Happens"
-    expansion_text = _("edition")
+    expansion_text = "edition"
     expansion_text_full = card.expansion_name + " " + expansion_text
 
     ax.text(
@@ -374,7 +358,7 @@ def save_card(
     dpi: int = 300,
     format: str = "pdf",
 ) -> None:
-    side_fn = _("front") if side == "front" else _("back")
+    side_fn = "front" if side == "front" else "back"
 
     output_dir = output_dir / side_fn
 
@@ -416,10 +400,6 @@ def create_card(
         save_card(card, output_dir, "back", format=ext)
 
 
-def _init(locale):
-    install_lang(locale)
-
-
 def create_cards(
     df: pd.DataFrame,
     expansion_name: str,
@@ -442,9 +422,9 @@ def create_cards(
         side=side,
         ext=ext,
     )
-    desc = _("Plotting cards")
+    desc = "Plotting cards"
     if chunksize:
-        with Pool(workers, _init, initargs=(locale,)) as p:
+        with Pool(workers) as p:
             list(
                 tqdm(
                     p.imap_unordered(create_card_par, df.iterrows(), chunksize),
@@ -457,23 +437,12 @@ def create_cards(
 
     if merge:
         if side == "front" or side == "both":
-            merge_pdfs(output_dir / _("front"))
+            merge_pdfs(output_dir / "front")
         if side == "back" or side == "both":
-            merge_pdfs(output_dir / _("back"))
+            merge_pdfs(output_dir / "back")
 
 
 def main(**args) -> None:
-    install_lang(args["lang"])
-
-    try:
-        import tqdm
-    except ImportError:
-        print(_("'pip install shithappens[pbar]' to show a progress bar."))
-    else:
-        del tqdm
-
-    from shithappens.cli.utils import verify_input_dir
-
     input_dir = Path(args["input_dir"])
     xlsx_path, output_dir = verify_input_dir(input_dir)
 
@@ -489,24 +458,12 @@ def main(**args) -> None:
         else:
             expansion_name = input_dir.stem
             print(
-                _(
-                    "Argument -n/--name not given. " "Expansion name inferred to be {}."
-                ).format(expansion_name)
+                "Argument -n/--name not given. "
+                f"Expansion name inferred to be {expansion_name}."
             )
 
         df = parse_excel(xlsx_path, 0, 1)
 
-        if args["merge"]:
-            try:
-                import PyPDF2
-
-                args["merge"] = True
-            except ImportError:
-                args["merge"] = False
-                print(_("'pip install shithappens[merge]' for pdf merging."))
-            else:
-                del PyPDF2
-
         create_cards(
             df,
             expansion_name,
@@ -517,7 +474,6 @@ def main(**args) -> None:
             args["format"],
             args["workers"],
             args["chunks"],
-            args["lang"],
         )
 
 
@@ -525,7 +481,7 @@ def main_cli(**kwargs):
     try:
         main(**kwargs)
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        print(_("Interrupted."))
+        print("Interrupted.")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/src/shithappens/locales/en/LC_MESSAGES/shithappens.po b/src/shithappens/locales/en/LC_MESSAGES/shithappens.po
deleted file mode 100644
index 1870e71..0000000
--- a/src/shithappens/locales/en/LC_MESSAGES/shithappens.po
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,136 +0,0 @@
-# English translations for shithappens.
-# Copyright (C) 2023 ORGANIZATION
-# This file is distributed under the same license as the shithappens
-# project.
-# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, 2023.
-#
-msgid ""
-msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: shithappens 0.4.0\n"
-"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: EMAIL@ADDRESS\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-03-13 22:16+0100\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2023-01-07 15:33+0100\n"
-"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
-"Language: en\n"
-"Language-Team: en <LL@li.org>\n"
-"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
-"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
-"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"Generated-By: Babel 2.11.0\n"
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:148
-msgid "{} is not an excel file."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:233
-msgid "misery index"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:301
-msgid "edition"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:367 src/shithappens/create_cards.py:448
-msgid "front"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:367 src/shithappens/create_cards.py:450
-msgid "back"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:433
-msgid "Plotting cards"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:460
-msgid "'pip install shithappens[pbar]' to show a progress bar."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:482
-msgid "Argument -n/--name not given. Expansion name inferred to be {}."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:496
-msgid "'pip install shithappens[merge]' for pdf merging."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:518 src/shithappens/sort_situations.py:182
-msgid "Interrupted."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/sort_situations.py:30
-msgid "{} does not contain any Excel files."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/sort_situations.py:65
-msgid "Some items have equal ranking score. Please check the output file ({})."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/sort_situations.py:69
-msgid "Manually assign a misery-index to situations."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/sort_situations.py:149
-msgid "Continuing from situation {}"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/sort_situations.py:157
-msgid ""
-"\n"
-"Which situation is most miserable?\n"
-"\n"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/sort_situations.py:164
-msgid "Do you want to save your progress? [y]/n"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/cli/utils.py:15
-msgid ""
-"Input directory {} does not exist. Please specify an existing input "
-"directory.\n"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/cli/utils.py:22
-msgid "Reading files from {}."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/cli/utils.py:23
-msgid "Output files in {}."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/cli/utils.py:28
-msgid "Please provide an Excel file in {}."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: src/shithappens/cli/utils.py:32
-msgid ""
-"\n"
-"More than one input file found."
-msgstr ""
-
-#~ msgid "Expansion name inferred to be {}."
-#~ msgstr ""
-
-#~ msgid "Expansion name inferred to be {expansion_name}."
-#~ msgstr ""
-
-#~ msgid "Argument -n/--name not given. "
-#~ msgstr ""
-
-#~ msgid "'pip install shithappens[pbar]' to add a progress bar."
-#~ msgstr ""
-
-#~ msgid "More than one input file found."
-#~ msgstr ""
-
-#~ msgid "Select: "
-#~ msgstr ""
-
-#~ msgid "Manually assign a misery score to situations."
-#~ msgstr ""
-
-#~ msgid "expansion"
-#~ msgstr ""
-
diff --git a/src/shithappens/locales/nl/LC_MESSAGES/shithappens.po b/src/shithappens/locales/nl/LC_MESSAGES/shithappens.po
deleted file mode 100644
index 43ac7b7..0000000
--- a/src/shithappens/locales/nl/LC_MESSAGES/shithappens.po
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-# Dutch translations for shithappens.
-# Copyright (C) 2023 ORGANIZATION
-# This file is distributed under the same license as the shithappens
-# project.
-# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, 2023.
-#
-msgid ""
-msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: shithappens 0.4.0\n"
-"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: EMAIL@ADDRESS\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-03-13 22:16+0100\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2023-01-07 15:32+0100\n"
-"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
-"Language: nl\n"
-"Language-Team: nl <LL@li.org>\n"
-"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
-"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
-"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"Generated-By: Babel 2.11.0\n"
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:148
-msgid "{} is not an excel file."
-msgstr "{} is geen excelbestand."
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:233
-msgid "misery index"
-msgstr "ellende-index"
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:301
-msgid "edition"
-msgstr "editie"
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:367 src/shithappens/create_cards.py:448
-msgid "front"
-msgstr "voorkant"
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:367 src/shithappens/create_cards.py:450
-msgid "back"
-msgstr "achterkant"
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:433
-msgid "Plotting cards"
-msgstr "Plot kaarten"
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:460
-msgid "'pip install shithappens[pbar]' to show a progress bar."
-msgstr "'pip install shithappens[pbar]' om een voortgangsbalk te tonen."
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:482
-msgid "Argument -n/--name not given. Expansion name inferred to be {}."
-msgstr "Argument -n/--name is niet gegeven. Uitbreidingsnaam is afgeleid als {}."
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:496
-msgid "'pip install shithappens[merge]' for pdf merging."
-msgstr "'pip' install shithappens[merge]' voor pdf-samenvoeging."
-
-#: src/shithappens/create_cards.py:518 src/shithappens/sort_situations.py:182
-msgid "Interrupted."
-msgstr "Onderbroken."
-
-#: src/shithappens/sort_situations.py:30
-msgid "{} does not contain any Excel files."
-msgstr "{} bevat geen excelbestanden."
-
-#: src/shithappens/sort_situations.py:65
-msgid "Some items have equal ranking score. Please check the output file ({})."
-msgstr "Sommige items hebben dezelfde ranking. Check het outputbestand ({})."
-
-#: src/shithappens/sort_situations.py:69
-msgid "Manually assign a misery-index to situations."
-msgstr "Wijs handmatig een ellende-index toe aan de situaties."
-
-#: src/shithappens/sort_situations.py:149
-msgid "Continuing from situation {}"
-msgstr "Verdergaan vanaf situatie {}"
-
-#: src/shithappens/sort_situations.py:157
-msgid ""
-"\n"
-"Which situation is most miserable?\n"
-"\n"
-msgstr ""
-"\n"
-"Welke situatie is het vervelendst?\n"
-"\n"
-
-#: src/shithappens/sort_situations.py:164
-msgid "Do you want to save your progress? [y]/n"
-msgstr "Wil je je voortgang opslaan? [y]/n"
-
-#: src/shithappens/cli/utils.py:15
-msgid ""
-"Input directory {} does not exist. Please specify an existing input "
-"directory.\n"
-msgstr "Inputmap {} bestaat niet. Specificeer een bestaande map."
-
-#: src/shithappens/cli/utils.py:22
-msgid "Reading files from {}."
-msgstr "Lees bestanden uit {}."
-
-#: src/shithappens/cli/utils.py:23
-msgid "Output files in {}."
-msgstr "Output bestanden in {}."
-
-#: src/shithappens/cli/utils.py:28
-msgid "Please provide an Excel file in {}."
-msgstr "Voorzie {} van een excelbestand."
-
-#: src/shithappens/cli/utils.py:32
-msgid ""
-"\n"
-"More than one input file found."
-msgstr ""
-"\n"
-"Meer dan één inputbestand gevonden."
diff --git a/src/shithappens/sort_situations.py b/src/shithappens/sort_situations.py
index b7cb4bd..9a0f403 100644
--- a/src/shithappens/sort_situations.py
+++ b/src/shithappens/sort_situations.py
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 UP = "\x1b[3A"
 ERASE = "\x1b[2A"
 
-def _(message):
-    return message
-
 
 def parse_excel(input_path: Path, desc_col: int, score_col: int = 2) -> pd.DataFrame:
     """Parse an Excel file.
@@ -28,7 +25,7 @@ def parse_excel(input_path: Path, desc_col: int, score_col: int = 2) -> pd.DataF
     try:
         df = pd.read_excel(input_path, usecols=[desc_col, score_col], engine="openpyxl")
     except Exception:
-        print(_("{} does not contain any Excel files.".format(input_path)))
+        print(f"{input_path} does not contain any Excel files.")
         exit()
 
     return df
@@ -64,11 +61,10 @@ def save(xlsx_path, df):
 
     if len(df["score"].unique()) != len(df):
         print(
-            _(
-                "Some items have equal ranking score. Please check the output file ({})."
-            ).format(output_file)
+            "Some items have equal ranking score. "
+            f"Please check the output file ({output_file})."
         )
-    print(_("Manually assign a misery-index to situations."))
+    print("Manually assign a misery-index to situations.")
 
 
 def sort(
@@ -179,7 +175,7 @@ def sort(
     elif strategy == "round-robin":
         try:
             continue_from = df["score"].sum()
-            print(_("Continuing from situation {}".format(continue_from)))
+            print(f"Continuing from situation {continue_from}")
         except KeyError:
             df["misery_index"] = 0
             df["score"] = 0
@@ -187,7 +183,7 @@ def sort(
 
         combinations = list(itertools.combinations(df.index, 2))[continue_from:]
 
-        print(_("\nWhich situation is most miserable?\n\n"))
+        print("\nWhich situation is most miserable?\n\n")
 
         try:
             with tqdm(
@@ -199,7 +195,7 @@ def sort(
                 for combination in progress_iterator:
                     prompt_question(df, combination)
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
-            print(_("Do you want to save your progress? [y]/n"))
+            print("Do you want to save your progress? [y]/n")
             save_progress = click.getchar()
             if not save_progress:
                 save_progress = True
@@ -225,4 +221,4 @@ def main_cli(**kwargs):
             kwargs["prescore"],
         )
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        print(_("Interrupted."))
+        print("Interrupted.")
diff --git a/src/shithappens/utils.py b/src/shithappens/utils.py
index 0b2426a..b8eb6bc 100644
--- a/src/shithappens/utils.py
+++ b/src/shithappens/utils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from glob import glob
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
-import gettext
 
 
 def sort_pdfs_by_mi(fn: str):
@@ -60,12 +59,3 @@ def slugify(value, allow_unicode=False):
         )
     value = re.sub(r"[^\w\s-]", "", value.lower())
     return re.sub(r"[-\s]+", "-", value).strip("-_")
-
-
-def install_lang(locale: str):
-    localedir = Path(__file__).parent.resolve() / "locales"
-    lang = gettext.translation("shithappens", localedir=localedir, languages=[locale])
-    lang.install()
-    global _
-    _ = lang.gettext
-    return _