diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 825e846f2..561b91fce 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ set(SOURCES
   src/core/systemtrayicon.cpp
   src/core/localredirectserver.cpp
   src/core/mimedata.cpp
-  src/core/potranslator.cpp
   src/core/temporaryfile.cpp
   src/utilities/strutils.cpp
   src/utilities/envutils.cpp
@@ -773,7 +772,6 @@ set(HEADERS
   src/core/urlhandler.h
   src/core/standarditemiconloader.h
   src/core/translations.h
-  src/core/potranslator.h
   src/core/mimedata.h
   src/core/stylesheetloader.h
   src/core/localredirectserver.h
diff --git a/src/core/potranslator.cpp b/src/core/potranslator.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index decf8b271..000000000
--- a/src/core/potranslator.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Strawberry Music Player
- * This file was part of Clementine.
- * Copyright 2010, David Sansome <me@davidsansome.com>
- * Copyright 2018-2024, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
- *
- * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * Strawberry is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with Strawberry.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#include <QString>
-
-#include "potranslator.h"
-
-PoTranslator::PoTranslator(QObject *parent) : QTranslator(parent) {}
-
-QString PoTranslator::translate(const char *context, const char *source_text, const char *disambiguation, const int n) const {
-
-  QString ret = QTranslator::translate(context, source_text, disambiguation, n);
-  if (!ret.isEmpty()) return ret;
-  return QTranslator::translate(nullptr, source_text, disambiguation, n);
-
-}
diff --git a/src/core/potranslator.h b/src/core/potranslator.h
deleted file mode 100644
index ac0fb4d70..000000000
--- a/src/core/potranslator.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Strawberry Music Player
- * This file was part of Clementine.
- * Copyright 2010, David Sansome <me@davidsansome.com>
- * Copyright 2018-2024, Jonas Kvinge <jonas@jkvinge.net>
- *
- * Strawberry is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * Strawberry is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with Strawberry.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef POTRANSLATOR_H
-#define POTRANSLATOR_H
-
-#include <QTranslator>
-#include <QString>
-
-// We convert from .po files to .qm files, which loses context information.
-// This translator tries loading strings with an empty context if it can't find any others.
-
-class PoTranslator : public QTranslator {
-  Q_OBJECT
-
- public:
-  explicit PoTranslator(QObject *parent = nullptr);
-  QString translate(const char *context, const char *source_text, const char *disambiguation = nullptr, int n = -1) const override;
-};
-
-#endif  // POTRANSLATOR_H
diff --git a/src/core/translations.cpp b/src/core/translations.cpp
index cf7f48e01..8abe3b61c 100644
--- a/src/core/translations.cpp
+++ b/src/core/translations.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 #include "translations.h"
 #include "core/logging.h"
-#include "core/potranslator.h"
 
 using namespace Qt::Literals::StringLiterals;
 
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ Translations::~Translations() {
 void Translations::LoadTranslation(const QString &prefix, const QString &path, const QString &language) {
 
   const QString basefilename = prefix + u'_' + language;
-  QTranslator *t = new PoTranslator;
+  QTranslator *t = new QTranslator;
   if (t->load(basefilename, path)) {
     qLog(Debug) << "Tranlations loaded from" << basefilename;
     QCoreApplication::installTranslator(t);