diff --git a/src/main.vala b/src/main.vala
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index db6eb0b..0000000
--- a/src/main.vala
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@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-int main (string[] args) {
-    // do it ourselves or it's broken
-    Gtk.disable_setlocale ();
-    Intl.bindtextdomain (Audrey.Config.GETTEXT_PACKAGE, Audrey.Config.LOCALEDIR);
-    Intl.bind_textdomain_codeset (Audrey.Config.GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
-    Intl.textdomain (Audrey.Config.GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
-    Intl.setlocale (LocaleCategory.ALL, "");
-    Intl.setlocale (LocaleCategory.NUMERIC, "C.UTF-8");
-
-    var app = new Audrey.Application ();
-    return app.run (args);
-}