diff --git a/pykickstart/commands/reqpart.py b/pykickstart/commands/reqpart.py
index 76bfd71a..0d69699a 100644
--- a/pykickstart/commands/reqpart.py
+++ b/pykickstart/commands/reqpart.py
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@
 from pykickstart.errors import KickstartParseError, formatErrorMsg
 from pykickstart.options import KSOptionParser
 
-import gettext
-# typeshed is missing the stub for ldgettext
-_ = lambda x: gettext.ldgettext("pykickstart", x)
+from pykickstart.i18n import _
 
 class F23_ReqPart(KickstartCommand):
     removedKeywords = KickstartCommand.removedKeywords