diff --git a/neutron/agent/linux/utils.py b/neutron/agent/linux/utils.py
index b3a44a9fbf6..e29c770d61d 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/linux/utils.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/linux/utils.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ from oslo_utils import excutils
 from oslo_utils import fileutils
 import psutil
 
-from neutron._i18n import _
 from neutron.common import utils
 from neutron.conf.agent import common as config
 from neutron.privileged.agent.linux import utils as priv_utils
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ def execute(cmd, process_input=None, addl_env=None,
             if log_fail_as_error:
                 LOG.error(msg)
             if check_exit_code:
-                raise exceptions.ProcessExecutionError(_(msg),
+                raise exceptions.ProcessExecutionError(msg,
                                                        returncode=returncode)
     finally:
         # NOTE(termie): this appears to be necessary to let the subprocess
diff --git a/neutron/agent/windows/utils.py b/neutron/agent/windows/utils.py
index 0658e3155b3..adf76b2877b 100644
--- a/neutron/agent/windows/utils.py
+++ b/neutron/agent/windows/utils.py
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ from neutron_lib.utils import helpers
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import encodeutils
 
-from neutron._i18n import _
-
 
 if os.name == 'nt':
     import wmi
@@ -133,7 +131,7 @@ def execute(cmd, process_input=None, addl_env=None,
         LOG.debug(log_msg)
 
     if obj.returncode and check_exit_code:
-        raise exceptions.ProcessExecutionError(_(m), returncode=obj.returncode)
+        raise exceptions.ProcessExecutionError(m, returncode=obj.returncode)
     return (_stdout, _stderr) if return_stderr else _stdout