diff --git a/mac/launcher.sh b/mac/launcher.sh
index fba95fe78..10a032068 100755
--- a/mac/launcher.sh
+++ b/mac/launcher.sh
@@ -40,126 +40,6 @@ export GRAMPSDIR="$bundle_data"/gramps
 export GRAMPSI18N="$bundle_data"/locale
 export GRAMPSHOME="$HOME/Library/Application Support"
 
-# Set the locale-related variables appropriately:
-unset LANG LC_MESSAGES LC_MONETARY
-
-# Has a language ordering been set?
-# If so, set LC_MESSAGES accordingly; otherwise skip it.
-# Set the locale-related variables appropriately:
-unset LANG LC_MESSAGES LC_MONETARY LC_COLLATE
-
-# Has a language ordering been set?
-# If so, set LC_MESSAGES and LANG accordingly; otherwise skip it.
-# First step uses sed to clean off the quotes and commas, to change - to _, and change the names for the chinese scripts from "Hans" to CN and "Hant" to TW.
-APPLELANGUAGES=`defaults read .GlobalPreferences AppleLanguages | sed -En   -e 's/\-/_/' -e 's/Hant/TW/' -e 's/Hans/CN/' -e 's/[[:space:]]*\"?([[:alnum:]_]+)\"?,?/\1/p' `
-if test "$APPLELANGUAGES"; then
-    # A language ordering exists.
-    # Test, item per item, to see whether there is an corresponding locale.
-    for L in $APPLELANGUAGES; do
-	#test for exact matches:
-       if test -f "$GRAMPSI18N/${L}/LC_MESSAGES/gramps.mo"; then
-	    export LANG=$L
-            break
-        fi
-	#This is a special case, because often the original strings are in US
-	#English and there is no translation file.
-	if test "x$L" == "xen_US"; then
-	    export LANG=$L
-	    break
-	fi
-	#OK, now test for just the first two letters:
-        if test -f "$GRAMPSI18N/${L:0:2}/LC_MESSAGES/gramps.mo"; then
-	    export LANG=${L:0:2}
-	    break
-	fi
-	#Same thing, but checking for any english variant.
-	if test "x${L:0:2}" == "xen"; then
-	    export LANG=$L
-	    break
-	fi;
-    done  
-fi
-unset APPLELANGUAGES L
-
-# If we didn't get a language from the language list, try the Collation preference, in case it's the only setting that exists.
-APPLECOLLATION=`defaults read .GlobalPreferences AppleCollationOrder`
-if test -z "$LANG" -a -n "$APPLECOLLATION"; then
-    if test -f "$GRAMPSI18N/$APPLECOLLATION/LC_MESSAGES/gramps.mo"; then
-	export LANG=$APPLECOLLATION
-    fi
-fi
-if test -n "$APPLECOLLATION"; then
-    export LC_COLLATE=$APPLECOLLATION
-fi
-unset APPLECOLLATION
-
-# Continue by attempting to find the Locale preference.
-APPLELOCALE=`defaults read .GlobalPreferences AppleLocale`
-if test -f "$GRAMPSI18N/${APPLELOCALE:0:5}/LC_MESSAGES/gramps.mo"; then
-    if test -z $LANG; then 
-        export LANG="${APPLELOCALE:0:5}"
-    fi
-
-elif test -z $LANG -a -f "$GRAMPSI18N/${APPLELOCALE:0:2}/LC_MESSAGES/gramps.mo"; then
-    export LANG="${APPLELOCALE:0:2}"
-fi
-
-#Next we need to set LC_MESSAGES. If at all possilbe, we want a full
-#5-character locale to avoid the "Locale not supported by C library"
-#warning from Gtk -- even though Gtk will translate with a
-#two-character code.
-if test -n $LANG; then 
-#If the language code matches the applelocale, then that's the message
-#locale; otherwise, if it's longer than two characters, then it's
-#probably a good message locale and we'll go with it.
-    if test $LANG == ${APPLELOCALE:0:5} -o $LANG != ${LANG:0:2}; then
-	export LC_MESSAGES=$LANG
-#Next try if the Applelocale is longer than 2 chars and the language
-#bit matches $LANG
-    elif test $LANG == ${APPLELOCALE:0:2} -a $APPLELOCALE > ${APPLELOCALE:0:2}; then
-	export LC_MESSAGES=${APPLELOCALE:0:5}
-#Fail. Get a list of the locales in $PREFIX/share/locale that match
-#our two letter language code and pick the first one, special casing
-#english to set en_US
-    elif test $LANG == "en"; then
-	export LC_MESSAGES="en_US"
-    else
-	LOC=`find $PREFIX/share/locale -name $LANG???`
-	echo "Locales $LOC"
-	for L in $LOC; do 
-	    export LC_MESSAGES=$L
-	done
-    fi
-else
-#All efforts have failed, so default to US english
-    export LANG="en_US"
-    export LC_MESSAGES="en_US"
-fi
-CURRENCY=`echo $APPLELOCALE |  sed -En 's/.*currency=([[:alpha:]]+).*/\1/p'`
-if test "x$CURRENCY" != "x"; then 
-#The user has set a special currency. Gtk doesn't install LC_MONETARY files, but Apple does in /usr/share/locale, so we're going to look there for a locale to set LC_CURRENCY to.
-    if test -f /usr/local/share/$LC_MESSAGES/LC_MONETARY; then
-	if test -a `cat /usr/local/share/$LC_MESSAGES/LC_MONETARY` == $CURRENCY; then
-	    export LC_MONETARY=$LC_MESSAGES
-	fi
-    fi
-    if test -z "$LC_MONETARY"; then 
-	FILES=`find /usr/share/locale -name LC_MONETARY -exec grep -H $CURRENCY {} \;`
-	if test -n "$FILES"; then 
-	    export LC_MONETARY=`echo $FILES | sed -En 's%/usr/share/locale/([[:alpha:]_]+)/LC_MONETARY.*%\1%p'`
-	fi
-    fi
-fi
-#No currency value means that the AppleLocale governs:
-if test -z "$LC_MONETARY"; then
-    export LC_MONETARY=${APPLELOCALE:0:5}
-fi
-
-#To turn on the appropriate dictionary:
-export LC_ALL=$LC_MESSAGES
-
-unset APPLELOCALE  FILES LOC
-
 # Strip out the argument added by the OS.
 if [ x`echo "x$1" | sed -e "s/^x-psn_.*//"` == x ]; then
     shift 1