--- jabberd/lib/messages.cc.orig	2007-04-08 05:43:18.000000000 +1000
+++ jabberd/lib/messages.cc	2018-04-21 22:06:24.000000000 +1000
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void messages::set_mapping(const std::st
 	const std::messages<char>& messages = std::use_facet<std::messages<char> >(locale);
 
 	// (try to) open the catalog
-	std::messages<char>::catalog catalog = messages.open(PACKAGE, locale, LOCALEDIR);
+	std::messages<char>::catalog catalog = messages.open(PACKAGE, locale);
 	if (catalog == -1) {
 	    return;
 	}