diff --git a/gramps/gen/relationship.py b/gramps/gen/relationship.py
index 0d68dd035..88e432d8b 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/relationship.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/relationship.py
@@ -1794,7 +1794,7 @@ def get_relationship_calculator(reinit=False):
     global __RELCALC_CLASS
     
     if __RELCALC_CLASS is None or reinit:
-        lang = glocale.get_translation().language()
+        lang = glocale.language[0]
         __RELCALC_CLASS = RelationshipCalculator
         # If lang not set default to English relationship calulator
         # See if lang begins with en_, English_ or english_
diff --git a/gramps/gui/display.py b/gramps/gui/display.py
index f4ae0e964..ebe6fdd11 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/display.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/display.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ MANUALS = {
 }
 
 #first, determine language code, so nl_BE --> wiki /nl
-lang = glocale.get_translation().language()
+lang = glocale.language[0]
 if lang in MANUALS:
     EXTENSION = MANUALS[lang]
 else:
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/export/exportgedcom.py b/gramps/plugins/export/exportgedcom.py
index 795773108..c9caaa6aa 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/export/exportgedcom.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/export/exportgedcom.py
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class GedcomWriter(UpdateCallback):
         # write the language string if the current LANG variable 
         # matches something we know about.
 
-        lang = os.getenv('LANG')
+        lang = glocale.language[0]
         if lang and len(lang) >= 2:
             lang_code = LANGUAGES.get(lang[0:2])
             if lang_code:
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/lib/libhtml.py b/gramps/plugins/lib/libhtml.py
index fe8a333a0..0021c825d 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/lib/libhtml.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/lib/libhtml.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 # Python modules
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import re
-import locale
 
 from gramps.gen.constfunc import STRTYPE, cuni
 """
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ __all__ = ['Html']
 # GRAMPS modules
 #
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
+from gramps.gen.const import GRAMPS_LOCALE as glocale
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Constants
@@ -581,11 +580,7 @@ class Html(list):
 #
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def xml_lang():
-    loc = locale.getlocale()
-    if loc[0] is None:
-        return ""
-    else:
-        return loc[0].replace('_', '-')
+    return glocale.lang[:5].replace('_', '-')
 
 #-------------------------------------------
 #
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/view/htmlrenderer.py b/gramps/plugins/view/htmlrenderer.py
index 902be9bd6..ae11c09ed 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/view/htmlrenderer.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/view/htmlrenderer.py
@@ -32,11 +32,8 @@ Can use the Webkit or Gecko ( Mozilla ) library
 # Python modules
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from gramps.gen.const import GRAMPS_LOCALE as glocale
-_ = glocale.get_translation().gettext
 import os
 import sys
-import locale
 if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
     from urlparse import urlunsplit
 else:
@@ -68,6 +65,8 @@ from gramps.gen.utils.file import get_empty_tempdir
 from gramps.gen.constfunc import lin, mac, win
 from gramps.gen.config import config
 from gramps.gen.const import TEMP_DIR
+from gramps.gen.const import GRAMPS_LOCALE as glocale
+_ = glocale.get_translation().gettext
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
@@ -84,9 +83,7 @@ def get_identity():
         platform = "Macintosh"
     else:
         platform = "Unknown"
-    (lang_country, modifier ) = locale.getlocale()
-    lang = lang_country.replace('_','-')
-    #lang += ", " + lang_country.split('_')[0]
+    lang = glocale.lang[:5].replace('_','-')
     return "Mozilla/5.0 (%s; U; %s) Gramps/3.2" % ( platform, lang)
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------