diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/exceptions.py b/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/exceptions.py
index 751208a8ff..3f2c4c7fd5 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/exceptions.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/exceptions.py
@@ -13,16 +13,13 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from swift import gettext_ as _
-
-
 class ProfileException(Exception):
 
     def __init__(self, msg):
         self.msg = msg
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return _('Profiling Error: %s') % self.msg
+        return 'Profiling Error: %s' % self.msg
 
 
 class NotFoundException(ProfileException):
diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/html_viewer.py b/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/html_viewer.py
index c4ae388b9f..3b1ecfeeca 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/html_viewer.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/html_viewer.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import re
 import string
 import tempfile
 
-from swift import gettext_ as _
 from swift.common.middleware.x_profile.exceptions import PLOTLIBNotInstalled
 from swift.common.middleware.x_profile.exceptions import ODFLIBNotInstalled
 from swift.common.middleware.x_profile.exceptions import NotFoundException
@@ -307,7 +306,7 @@ class HTMLViewer(object):
                                                  nfl_filter, download_format)
             headers.append(('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*'))
         else:
-            raise MethodNotAllowed(_('method %s is not allowed.') % method)
+            raise MethodNotAllowed('method %s is not allowed.' % method)
         return content, headers
 
     def index_page(self, log_files=None, sort='time', limit=-1,
@@ -318,7 +317,7 @@ class HTMLViewer(object):
         try:
             stats = Stats2(*log_files)
         except (IOError, ValueError):
-            raise DataLoadFailure(_('Can not load profile data from %s.')
+            raise DataLoadFailure('Can not load profile data from %s.'
                                   % log_files)
         if not fulldirs:
             stats.strip_dirs()
@@ -369,7 +368,7 @@ class HTMLViewer(object):
     def download(self, log_files, sort='time', limit=-1, nfl_filter='',
                  output_format='default'):
         if len(log_files) == 0:
-            raise NotFoundException(_('no log file found'))
+            raise NotFoundException('no log file found')
         try:
             nfl_esc = nfl_filter.replace(r'(', r'\(').replace(r')', r'\)')
             # remove the slash that is intentionally added in the URL
@@ -392,14 +391,14 @@ class HTMLViewer(object):
         except ODFLIBNotInstalled:
             raise
         except Exception as ex:
-            raise ProfileException(_('Data download error: %s') % ex)
+            raise ProfileException('Data download error: %s' % ex)
 
     def plot(self, log_files, sort='time', limit=10, nfl_filter='',
              metric_selected='cc', plot_type='bar'):
         if not PLOTLIB_INSTALLED:
-            raise PLOTLIBNotInstalled(_('python-matplotlib not installed.'))
+            raise PLOTLIBNotInstalled('python-matplotlib not installed.')
         if len(log_files) == 0:
-            raise NotFoundException(_('no log file found'))
+            raise NotFoundException('no log file found')
         try:
             stats = Stats2(*log_files)
             stats.sort_stats(sort)
@@ -433,7 +432,7 @@ class HTMLViewer(object):
                 data = profile_img.read()
                 return data, [('content-type', 'image/jpg')]
         except Exception as ex:
-            raise ProfileException(_('plotting results failed due to %s') % ex)
+            raise ProfileException('plotting results failed due to %s' % ex)
 
     def format_source_code(self, nfl):
         nfls = re.split('[:()]', nfl)
@@ -444,7 +443,7 @@ class HTMLViewer(object):
             lineno = 0
         # for security reason, this need to be fixed.
         if not file_path.endswith('.py'):
-            return _('The file type are forbidden to access!')
+            return 'The file type are forbidden to access!'
         try:
             data = []
             i = 0
@@ -465,7 +464,7 @@ class HTMLViewer(object):
                         data.append(fmt % (i, i, i, el))
             data = ''.join(data)
         except Exception:
-            return _('Can not access the file %s.') % file_path
+            return 'Can not access the file %s.' % file_path
         return '<pre>%s</pre>' % data
 
     def generate_stats_html(self, stats, app_path, profile_id, *selection):
diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/profile_model.py b/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/profile_model.py
index bc46a52f4b..bf2602bbdb 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/profile_model.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/x_profile/profile_model.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import pstats
 import tempfile
 import time
 
-from swift import gettext_ as _
 from swift.common.middleware.x_profile.exceptions import ODFLIBNotInstalled
 
 
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ class Stats2(pstats.Stats):
 
     def to_ods(self, *selection):
         if not ODFLIB_INSTALLED:
-            raise ODFLIBNotInstalled(_('odfpy not installed.'))
+            raise ODFLIBNotInstalled('odfpy not installed.')
         if self.fcn_list:
             stat_list = self.fcn_list[:]
             order_text = "   Ordered by: " + self.sort_type + '\n'
diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/xprofile.py b/swift/common/middleware/xprofile.py
index d5cdb8bb84..3ab1f1502d 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/xprofile.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/xprofile.py
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ import eventlet.green.profile as eprofile
 import six
 from six.moves import urllib
 
-from swift import gettext_ as _
 from swift.common.utils import get_logger, config_true_value
 from swift.common.swob import Request
 from swift.common.middleware.x_profile.exceptions import MethodNotAllowed
@@ -227,7 +226,7 @@ class ProfileMiddleware(object):
                 return '%s' % pf
             except Exception as ex:
                 start_response('500 Internal Server Error', [])
-                return _('Error on render profiling results: %s') % ex
+                return 'Error on render profiling results: %s' % ex
         else:
             _locals = locals()
             code = self.unwind and PROFILE_EXEC_EAGER or\