diff --git a/Tools/aa-audit b/Tools/aa-audit
index 92138dc4d..5bf1d038e 100644
--- a/Tools/aa-audit
+++ b/Tools/aa-audit
@@ -13,13 +13,16 @@
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 import argparse
+import gettext
 import traceback
 
-from apparmor.common import init_translations
-init_translations()
-
+from apparmor.common import TRANSLATION_DOMAIN
 import apparmor.tools
 
+# setup module translations
+t = gettext.translation(TRANSLATION_DOMAIN, fallback=True)
+_ = t.gettext
+
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=_('Switch the given programs to audit mode'))
 parser.add_argument('-d', '--dir', type=str, help=_('path to profiles'))
 parser.add_argument('-r', '--remove', action='store_true', help=_('remove audit mode'))
diff --git a/Tools/aa-autodep b/Tools/aa-autodep
index 8f789db14..bc4ec1466 100644
--- a/Tools/aa-autodep
+++ b/Tools/aa-autodep
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 import argparse
+import gettext
 
-from apparmor.common import init_translations
-init_translations()
+from apparmor.common import TRANSLATION_DOMAIN
 
 import apparmor.tools
 
+# setup module translations
+t = gettext.translation(TRANSLATION_DOMAIN, fallback=True)
+_ = t.gettext
+
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=_('Generate a basic AppArmor profile by guessing requirements'))
 parser.add_argument('--force', type=str, help=_('overwrite existing profile'))
 parser.add_argument('-d', '--dir', type=str, help=_('path to profiles'))
@@ -27,4 +31,4 @@ args = parser.parse_args()
 
 autodep = apparmor.tools.aa_tools('autodep', args)
 
-autodep.act()
\ No newline at end of file
+autodep.act()
diff --git a/Tools/aa-cleanprof b/Tools/aa-cleanprof
index cc70f0aec..75e42b9c7 100644
--- a/Tools/aa-cleanprof
+++ b/Tools/aa-cleanprof
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 import argparse
+import gettext
 
-from apparmor.common import init_translations
-init_translations()
+from apparmor.common import TRANSLATION_DOMAIN
 
 import apparmor.tools
 
+# setup module translations
+t = gettext.translation(TRANSLATION_DOMAIN, fallback=True)
+_ = t.gettext
+
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=_('Cleanup the profiles for the given programs'))
 parser.add_argument('-d', '--dir', type=str, help=_('path to profiles'))
 parser.add_argument('program', type=str, nargs='+', help=_('name of program'))
@@ -27,4 +31,4 @@ args = parser.parse_args()
 
 clean = apparmor.tools.aa_tools('cleanprof', args)
 
-clean.act()
\ No newline at end of file
+clean.act()
diff --git a/Tools/aa-complain b/Tools/aa-complain
index 34c04cf8c..efba399fa 100644
--- a/Tools/aa-complain
+++ b/Tools/aa-complain
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 import argparse
+import gettext
 
-from apparmor.common import init_translations
-init_translations()
+from apparmor.common import TRANSLATION_DOMAIN
 
 import apparmor.tools
 
+# setup module translations
+t = gettext.translation(TRANSLATION_DOMAIN, fallback=True)
+_ = t.gettext
+
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=_('Switch the given program to complain mode'))
 parser.add_argument('-d', '--dir', type=str, help=_('path to profiles'))
 parser.add_argument('-r', '--remove', action='store_true', help=_('remove complain mode'))
diff --git a/Tools/aa-disable b/Tools/aa-disable
index 67dd46226..878eb7ef8 100644
--- a/Tools/aa-disable
+++ b/Tools/aa-disable
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 import argparse
+import gettext
 
-from apparmor.common import init_translations
-init_translations()
+from apparmor.common import TRANSLATION_DOMAIN
 
 import apparmor.tools
 
+# setup module translations
+t = gettext.translation(TRANSLATION_DOMAIN, fallback=True)
+_ = t.gettext
+
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=_('Disable the profile for the given programs'))
 parser.add_argument('-d', '--dir', type=str, help=_('path to profiles'))
 parser.add_argument('-r', '--revert', action='store_true', help=_('enable the profile for the given programs'))
diff --git a/Tools/aa-enforce b/Tools/aa-enforce
index 8d427f155..790bcac57 100644
--- a/Tools/aa-enforce
+++ b/Tools/aa-enforce
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 import argparse
+import gettext
 
-from apparmor.common import init_translations
-init_translations()
+from apparmor.common import TRANSLATION_DOMAIN
 
 import apparmor.tools
 
+# setup module translations
+t = gettext.translation(TRANSLATION_DOMAIN, fallback=True)
+_ = t.gettext
+
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=_('Switch the given program to enforce mode'))
 parser.add_argument('-d', '--dir', type=str, help=_('path to profiles'))
 parser.add_argument('-r', '--remove', action='store_true', help=_('switch to complain mode'))
diff --git a/Tools/aa-genprof b/Tools/aa-genprof
index 292cdaf83..9918ff46f 100644
--- a/Tools/aa-genprof
+++ b/Tools/aa-genprof
@@ -14,16 +14,20 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 import argparse
 import atexit
+import gettext
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
 from apparmor.common import init_translations
-init_translations()
 
 import apparmor.aa as apparmor
 
+# setup module translations
+t = gettext.translation(TRANSLATION_DOMAIN, fallback=True)
+_ = t.gettext
+
 def sysctl_read(path):
     value = None
     with open(path, 'r') as f_in:
diff --git a/Tools/aa-logprof b/Tools/aa-logprof
index 26f892f39..c95a2ace3 100644
--- a/Tools/aa-logprof
+++ b/Tools/aa-logprof
@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 import argparse
+import gettext
 import os
 
-from apparmor.common import init_translations
-init_translations()
+from apparmor.common import TRANSLATION_DOMAIN
 
 import apparmor.aa as apparmor
 
+# setup module translations
+t = gettext.translation(TRANSLATION_DOMAIN, fallback=True)
+_ = t.gettext
+
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=_('Process log entries to generate profiles'))
 parser.add_argument('-d', '--dir', type=str, help=_('path to profiles'))
 parser.add_argument('-f', '--file', type=str, help=_('path to logfile'))
diff --git a/Tools/aa-mergeprof b/Tools/aa-mergeprof
index 255c96dea..90001d1dc 100644
--- a/Tools/aa-mergeprof
+++ b/Tools/aa-mergeprof
@@ -13,16 +13,20 @@
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 import argparse
+import gettext
 import sys
 
-from apparmor.common import init_translations
-init_translations()
+from apparmor.common import TRANSLATION_DOMAIN
 
 import apparmor.aa
 import apparmor.aamode
 import apparmor.severity
 import apparmor.cleanprofile as cleanprofile
 
+# setup module translations
+t = gettext.translation(TRANSLATION_DOMAIN, fallback=True)
+_ = t.gettext
+
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=_('Perform a 3way merge on the given profiles'))
 parser.add_argument('mine', type=str, help=_('your profile'))
 parser.add_argument('base', type=str, help=_('base profile'))
diff --git a/Tools/aa-unconfined b/Tools/aa-unconfined
index ca17a03e4..d1adbfa2a 100644
--- a/Tools/aa-unconfined
+++ b/Tools/aa-unconfined
@@ -13,15 +13,19 @@
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 import argparse
+import gettext
 import os
 import re
 import sys
 
-from apparmor.common import init_translations
-init_translations()
+from apparmor.common import TRANSLATION_DOMAIN
 
 import apparmor.aa as apparmor
 
+# setup module translations
+t = gettext.translation(TRANSLATION_DOMAIN, fallback=True)
+_ = t.gettext
+
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=_("Lists unconfined processes having tcp or udp ports"))
 parser.add_argument("--paranoid", action="store_true", help=_("scan all processes from /proc"))
 args = parser.parse_args()
diff --git a/apparmor/__init__.py b/apparmor/__init__.py
index 3f93c45c8..94f439406 100644
--- a/apparmor/__init__.py
+++ b/apparmor/__init__.py
@@ -1,24 +1,9 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 #    Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Canonical Ltd.
-#    Copyright (C) 2013 Kshitij Gupta <kgupta8592@gmail.com>
 #
 #    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 #    modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
 #    License published by the Free Software Foundation.
 #
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-import gettext
-import locale
-
-def init_localisation():
-    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
-    #If a correct locale has been provided set filename else let an IOError be raised
-    filename = '/usr/share/locale/%s/LC_MESSAGES/apparmor-utils.mo' % locale.getlocale()[0]
-    try:
-        trans = gettext.GNUTranslations(open(filename, 'rb'))
-    except IOError:
-        trans = gettext.NullTranslations()
-    trans.install()
-
-init_localisation()
diff --git a/apparmor/aa.py b/apparmor/aa.py
index 2cbaed4ed..64cc6ff3b 100644
--- a/apparmor/aa.py
+++ b/apparmor/aa.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # No old version logs, only 2.6 + supported
 from __future__ import with_statement
+import gettext
 import inspect
 import os
 import re
@@ -33,13 +34,17 @@ import LibAppArmor
 from copy import deepcopy
 
 from apparmor.common import (AppArmorException, error, debug, msg, cmd,
-                             open_file_read, valid_path,
+                             open_file_read, valid_path, TRANSLATION_DOMAIN,
                              hasher, open_file_write, convert_regexp, DebugLogger)
 
 from apparmor.ui import *
 
 from apparmor.aamode import *
 
+# setup module translations
+t = gettext.translation(TRANSLATION_DOMAIN, fallback=True)
+_ = t.gettext
+
 # Setup logging incase of debugging is enabled
 debug_logger = DebugLogger('aa')
 
diff --git a/apparmor/common.py b/apparmor/common.py
index 51fbe857d..66f556938 100644
--- a/apparmor/common.py
+++ b/apparmor/common.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 import codecs
 import collections
-import gettext
 import glob
 import logging
 import os
@@ -22,6 +21,8 @@ import termios
 import tty
 
 DEBUGGING = False
+TRANSLATION_DOMAIN = 'apparmor-utils'
+
 
 #
 # Utility classes
@@ -166,13 +167,6 @@ def hasher():
     # Creates a dictionary for any depth and returns empty dictionary otherwise
     return collections.defaultdict(hasher)
 
-def init_translations(domain='apparmor-utils'):
-    """Installs the translations for the given domain, defaults to apparmor-utils domain"""
-    #Setup Translation
-    gettext.translation(domain, fallback=True)
-    gettext.install(domain)
-
-
 def convert_regexp(regexp):
     regex_paren = re.compile('^(.*){([^}]*)}(.*)$')
     regexp = regexp.strip()
diff --git a/apparmor/logparser.py b/apparmor/logparser.py
index 1db358ceb..47c5caa83 100644
--- a/apparmor/logparser.py
+++ b/apparmor/logparser.py
@@ -11,17 +11,22 @@
 #    GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+import gettext
 import os
 import re
 import sys
 import time
 import LibAppArmor
 from apparmor.common import (AppArmorException, error, debug, msg,
-                             open_file_read, valid_path,
+                             open_file_read, valid_path, TRANSLATION_DOMAIN,
                              hasher, open_file_write, convert_regexp, DebugLogger)
 
 from apparmor.aamode import *
 
+# setup module translations
+t = gettext.translation(TRANSLATION_DOMAIN, fallback=True)
+_ = t.gettext
+
 class ReadLog:
     RE_LOG_v2_6_syslog = re.compile('kernel:\s+(\[[\d\.\s]+\]\s+)?type=\d+\s+audit\([\d\.\:]+\):\s+apparmor=')
     RE_LOG_v2_6_audit = re.compile('type=AVC\s+(msg=)?audit\([\d\.\:]+\):\s+apparmor=')
@@ -392,4 +397,4 @@ class ReadLog:
             profile = "profile_" + profile
         profile = profile.replace('/', '.')
         full_profilename = self.profile_dir + '/' + profile
-        return full_profilename
\ No newline at end of file
+        return full_profilename
diff --git a/apparmor/tools.py b/apparmor/tools.py
index ac06f708a..347b9087f 100644
--- a/apparmor/tools.py
+++ b/apparmor/tools.py
@@ -11,11 +11,16 @@
 #    GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+import gettext
 import os
 import sys
 
 import apparmor.aa as apparmor
-from apparmor.common import user_perm
+from apparmor.common import user_perm, TRANSLATION_DOMAIN
+
+# setup module translations
+t = gettext.translation(TRANSLATION_DOMAIN, fallback=True)
+_ = t.gettext
 
 class aa_tools:
     def __init__(self, tool_name, args):
@@ -177,4 +182,4 @@ class aa_tools:
         apparmor.delete_symlink('disable', filename)
 
     def disable_profile(self, filename):
-        apparmor.create_symlink('disable', filename)
\ No newline at end of file
+        apparmor.create_symlink('disable', filename)
diff --git a/apparmor/ui.py b/apparmor/ui.py
index df9b892cc..7a11f7288 100644
--- a/apparmor/ui.py
+++ b/apparmor/ui.py
@@ -11,12 +11,17 @@
 #    GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+import gettext
 import sys
 import os
 import re
 from apparmor.yasti import yastLog, SendDataToYast, GetDataFromYast
 
-from apparmor.common import readkey, AppArmorException, DebugLogger, msg
+from apparmor.common import readkey, AppArmorException, DebugLogger, msg, TRANSLATION_DOMAIN
+
+# setup module translations
+t = gettext.translation(TRANSLATION_DOMAIN, fallback=True)
+_ = t.gettext
 
 # Set up UI logger for separate messages from UI module
 debug_logger = DebugLogger('UI')