diff --git a/horizon/static/framework/util/filters/filters.js b/horizon/static/framework/util/filters/filters.js
index c9b0e929ee..5681df4288 100644
--- a/horizon/static/framework/util/filters/filters.js
+++ b/horizon/static/framework/util/filters/filters.js
@@ -163,18 +163,6 @@
       var format = ngettext('Displaying %s item', 'Displaying %s items', count);
       return interpolate(format, [count]);
     };
-  })
+  });
 
-  /**
-   * @ngdoc filter
-   * @name trans
-   * @description
-   * Returns translated text.
-   */
-  .filter('trans', ['horizon.framework.util.i18n.gettext', function (gettextFunc) {
-    return function (input) {
-      // NOTE: uses 'gettextFunc' to avoid message collection.
-      return gettextFunc(input);
-    };
-  }]);
 }());
diff --git a/horizon/static/framework/util/filters/filters.spec.js b/horizon/static/framework/util/filters/filters.spec.js
index 7734bfdd0a..f167b28173 100644
--- a/horizon/static/framework/util/filters/filters.spec.js
+++ b/horizon/static/framework/util/filters/filters.spec.js
@@ -202,10 +202,5 @@
       );
     });
 
-    describe('trans', function () {
-      it('should return translated text', inject(function (transFilter) {
-        expect(transFilter("Howdy")).toBe("Howdy");
-      }));
-    });
-  });
-})();
+  }); // end of horizon.framework.util.filters
+})(); // end of IIFE