diff --git a/src/gettext_boost.cpp b/src/gettext_boost.cpp
index 0b2b3a2e942df..073fcaec421f9 100644
--- a/src/gettext_boost.cpp
+++ b/src/gettext_boost.cpp
@@ -98,25 +98,24 @@ namespace
 				DBG_G << "Searching for po files for domain " << domain << '\n';
 				std::string path;
 				for(auto base_path : paths) {
+					DBG_G << "Searching in dir " << base_path << '\n';
 					if(base_path[base_path.length()-1] != '/') {
 						base_path += '/';
 					}
 					base_path += domain;
 					base_path += '/';
-					std::string try_path = base_path + lang_name_long + ".po";
-					DBG_G << "  Trying path " << try_path << '\n';
-					path = filesystem::get_binary_file_location("", try_path);
-					if(!path.empty()) {
+					path = base_path + lang_name_long + ".po";
+					DBG_G << "  Trying path " << path << '\n';
+					if(filesystem::file_exists(path)) {
 						break;
 					}
-					try_path = base_path + lang_name_short + ".po";
-					DBG_G << "  Trying path " << try_path << '\n';
-					path = filesystem::get_binary_file_location("", try_path);
-					if(!path.empty()) {
+					path = base_path + lang_name_short + ".po";
+					DBG_G << "  Trying path " << path << '\n';
+					if(filesystem::file_exists(path)) {
 						break;
 					}
 				}
-				if(path.empty()) {
+				if(!filesystem::file_exists(path)) {
 					continue;
 				}
 				std::ifstream po_file;