diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 12b2fc59596c53e4dffe1cec09fde49a28f468b5..19de7ef4798fdf9920fda6972ceb8d58eeff4972 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2009-06-06 jeromeg
 
+Remove some translatable strings. Fixes distcheck.
+
+2009-06-06 jeromeg
+
 Add English screenshots for not updated documentation translations.
 
 This allows us to have English localised screenshots in the 
diff --git a/lib/katze-throbber.c b/lib/katze-throbber.c
index 2b916ffe0d325a8b32bf8ac74ad0aa720cfe7bb9..3a0f3e32646f96954501d03b820eac5f3630014b 100644
--- a/lib/katze-throbber.c
+++ b/lib/katze-throbber.c
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ katze_throbber_expose_event (GtkWidget*      widget,
 
             if (!throbber->static_pixbuf)
             {
-                g_warning (_("Named icon '%s' couldn't be loaded"),
+                g_warning ("Named icon '%s' couldn't be loaded",
                            throbber->static_icon_name);
                 katze_assign (throbber->static_icon_name, NULL);
                 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (throbber), "static-icon-name");
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ katze_throbber_expose_event (GtkWidget*      widget,
 
             if (!throbber->static_pixbuf)
             {
-                g_warning (_("Stock icon '%s' couldn't be loaded"),
+                g_warning ("Stock icon '%s' couldn't be loaded",
                            throbber->static_stock_id);
                 katze_assign (throbber->static_stock_id, NULL);
                 g_object_notify (G_OBJECT (throbber), "static-stock-id");
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ katze_throbber_expose_event (GtkWidget*      widget,
         }
         else
         {
-            g_warning (_("Animation frames are broken"));
+            g_warning ("Animation frames are broken");
             katze_assign (throbber->icon_name, NULL);
             katze_object_assign (throbber->pixbuf, NULL);