diff --git a/novaclient/auth_plugin.py b/novaclient/auth_plugin.py
index 1c7227fdc..da2c07b26 100644
--- a/novaclient/auth_plugin.py
+++ b/novaclient/auth_plugin.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import pkg_resources
 import six
 
 from novaclient import exceptions
-from novaclient.openstack.common.gettextutils import _
 from novaclient import utils
 
 
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ def discover_auth_systems():
         try:
             auth_plugin = ep.load()
         except (ImportError, pkg_resources.UnknownExtra, AttributeError) as e:
-            logger.debug(_("ERROR: Cannot load auth plugin %s") % ep.name)
+            logger.debug("ERROR: Cannot load auth plugin %s" % ep.name)
             logger.debug(e, exc_info=1)
         else:
             _discovered_plugins[ep.name] = auth_plugin
diff --git a/novaclient/client.py b/novaclient/client.py
index 6c1ad13e7..8ac0354b5 100644
--- a/novaclient/client.py
+++ b/novaclient/client.py
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
     def http_log_resp(self, resp):
         if not self.http_log_debug:
             return
-        self._logger.debug(_("RESP: [%(status)s] %(headers)s\nRESP BODY: "
-                             "%(text)s\n"), {'status': resp.status_code,
-                                             'headers': resp.headers,
-                                             'text': resp.text})
+        self._logger.debug("RESP: [%(status)s] %(headers)s\nRESP BODY: "
+                           "%(text)s\n", {'status': resp.status_code,
+                                          'headers': resp.headers,
+                                          'text': resp.text})
 
     def open_session(self):
         if not self._connection_pool:
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
         # GET ...:5001/v2.0/tokens/#####/endpoints
         url = '/'.join([url, 'tokens', '%s?belongsTo=%s'
                         % (self.proxy_token, self.proxy_tenant_id)])
-        self._logger.debug(_("Using Endpoint URL: %s") % url)
+        self._logger.debug("Using Endpoint URL: %s" % url)
         resp, body = self._time_request(
             url, "GET", headers={'X-Auth-Token': self.auth_token})
         return self._extract_service_catalog(url, resp, body,