diff --git a/helper-templates/external-gettext.sh b/helper-templates/external-gettext.sh
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-#
-# This helper overrides some GNU autoconf variables to be able to
-# use the external GNU gettext tools provided by a package.
-#
-
-local GMSGFMT_CMD="$XBPS_MASTERDIR/bin/msgfmt"
-local MSGFMT_CMD="$XBPS_MASTERDIR/bin/msgfmt"
-local MSGMERGE_CMD="$XBPS_MASTERDIR/bin/msgmerge"
-local XGETTEXT_CMD="$XBPS_MASTERDIR/bin/xgettext"
-
-configure_env="ac_cv_path_GMSGFMT=$GMSGFMT_CMD $configure_env"
-configure_env="ac_cv_path_MSGFMT=$MSGFMT_CMD $configure_env"
-configure_env="ac_cv_path_MSGMERGE=$MSGMERGE_CMD $configure_env"
-configure_env="ac_cv_path_XGETTEXT=$XGETTEXT_CMD $configure_env"