diff --git a/neutronclient/common/__init__.py b/neutronclient/common/__init__.py
index fb715cf41..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/neutronclient/common/__init__.py
+++ b/neutronclient/common/__init__.py
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2011 VMware, Inc.
-# All Rights Reserved.
-#
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-
-import gettext
-
-t = gettext.translation('neutronclient', fallback=True)
-try:
-    ugettext = t.ugettext  # Python 2
-except AttributeError:
-    ugettext = t.gettext   # Python 3
-
-
-def _(msg):
-    return ugettext(msg)
diff --git a/neutronclient/common/exceptions.py b/neutronclient/common/exceptions.py
index 4c7c9d838..9728fbdd7 100644
--- a/neutronclient/common/exceptions.py
+++ b/neutronclient/common/exceptions.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-from neutronclient.common import _
+from neutronclient.i18n import _
 
 """
 Neutron base exception handling.
diff --git a/neutronclient/common/utils.py b/neutronclient/common/utils.py
index 28137b7fa..d82e34bd8 100644
--- a/neutronclient/common/utils.py
+++ b/neutronclient/common/utils.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ from oslo.utils import encodeutils
 from oslo.utils import importutils
 import six
 
-from neutronclient.common import _
 from neutronclient.common import exceptions
+from neutronclient.i18n import _
 
 
 def env(*vars, **kwargs):
diff --git a/neutronclient/v2_0/client.py b/neutronclient/v2_0/client.py
index d2bb2eda0..44035b6c6 100644
--- a/neutronclient/v2_0/client.py
+++ b/neutronclient/v2_0/client.py
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ import requests
 import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
 
 from neutronclient import client
-from neutronclient.common import _
 from neutronclient.common import constants
 from neutronclient.common import exceptions
 from neutronclient.common import serializer
 from neutronclient.common import utils
+from neutronclient.i18n import _
 
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)