diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/community/controllers/repository.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/community/controllers/repository.py
index b61e8e88b18..247788e48ff 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/community/controllers/repository.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/community/controllers/repository.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from galaxy.util.shed_util import create_repo_info_dict, get_changectx_for_chang
 from galaxy.util.shed_util import get_repository_file_contents, get_repository_metadata_by_changeset_revision, handle_sample_files_and_load_tool_from_disk
 from galaxy.util.shed_util import handle_sample_files_and_load_tool_from_tmp_config, INITIAL_CHANGELOG_HASH, load_tool_from_config, NOT_TOOL_CONFIGS
 from galaxy.util.shed_util import open_repository_files_folder, reversed_lower_upper_bounded_changelog, reversed_upper_bounded_changelog, strip_path
-from galaxy.util.shed_util import to_html_escaped, translate_string, update_repository, url_join
+from galaxy.util.shed_util import to_html_escaped, update_repository, url_join
 from galaxy.tool_shed.encoding_util import *
 from common import *
 
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers/admin_toolshed.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers/admin_toolshed.py
index 85e660a5fd8..bcc001d0fe4 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers/admin_toolshed.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers/admin_toolshed.py
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ class AdminToolshed( AdminGalaxy ):
             response = urllib2.urlopen( url )
             raw_text = response.read()
             response.close()
-            readme_text = translate_string( raw_text, to_html=True )
+            readme_text = raw_text
         else:
             readme_text = '' 
         return trans.fill_template( '/admin/tool_shed_repository/reselect_tool_panel_section.mako',
@@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@ class AdminToolshed( AdminGalaxy ):
                 f = open( readme_filename, 'r' )
                 raw_text = f.read()
                 f.close()
-                readme_text = translate_string( raw_text, to_html=True )
+                readme_text = raw_text
             except Exception, e:
                 log.debug( "Error attempting to read README file '%s' defined in metadata for repository '%s', revision '%s': %s" % \
                            ( str( readme_filename ), str( repository.name ), str( repository.changeset_revision ), str( e ) ) )