diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e3dead8..72a2d0a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ configure
 missing
 .deps
 tags
+intl
 ABOUT-NLS
 config.rpath
 mkinstalldirs
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ m4/fcntl-o.m4
 m4/gettext.m4
 m4/glibc2.m4
 m4/glibc21.m4
-m4/host-cpu-c-abi.m4
 m4/iconv.m4
 m4/intdiv0.m4
 m4/intl.m4
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4d3e07b..d62f68b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUBDIRS = dic game utils qt po extras
+SUBDIRS = intl dic game utils qt po extras
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index 09217da..029ced3 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ patch -p0 < po/makefile-qt4.patch
 aclocal -I m4
 autoheader
 automake --add-missing --foreign --copy -Wall
-autoconf -Wall
+# It would be nice to use -Wall, but AM_GNU_GETTEXT generates
+# way too many warnings in version 0.18.1
+autoconf -Wno-obsolete
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 590f5ff..019f416 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -211,11 +211,11 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([text],AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-text],[text interface support (def
 AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_TEXT], [test "${enable_text}" != "no"])
 
 dnl Internationalization macros
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.20)
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.19.3)
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT
 
 dnl Iconv
-AM_ICONV
+dnl This test depends on AM_GNU_GETTEXT executed before
 AS_IF([test "$am_cv_func_iconv" != "yes"],
       [AC_MSG_ERROR([libiconv is needed for Eliot to work properly])])
 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ fi
 dnl --------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Output
 dnl --------------------------------------------------------------
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(po/Makefile.in
+AC_CONFIG_FILES(intl/Makefile po/Makefile.in
 dic/Makefile
 game/Makefile
 utils/Makefile
diff --git a/dic/Makefile.am b/dic/Makefile.am
index f34a617..7fb3813 100644
--- a/dic/Makefile.am
+++ b/dic/Makefile.am
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 noinst_LIBRARIES = libdic.a
 
 localedir = $(datadir)/locale
-AM_CPPFLAGS = -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" -I$(top_srcdir) $(INCICONV) @LOG4CXX_CFLAGS@
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" -I$(top_srcdir) -I../intl -I$(top_srcdir)/intl $(INCICONV) @LOG4CXX_CFLAGS@
 
 libdic_a_SOURCES = \
 	logging.h \
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ bin_PROGRAMS = \
 
 compdic_SOURCES=compdicmain.cpp
 compdic_CPPFLAGS=$(AM_CPPFLAGS) @BOOST_CPPFLAGS@
-compdic_LDADD=libdic.a @LIBINTL@ @LIBICONV@
+compdic_LDADD=libdic.a @LIBINTL@
 
 listdic_SOURCES=listdicmain.cpp
-listdic_LDADD=libdic.a @LIBINTL@ @LIBICONV@
+listdic_LDADD=libdic.a @LIBINTL@
 
 #regexp_CFLAGS=-DDEBUG_RE
 regexp_SOURCES=regexpmain.cpp
-regexp_LDADD=libdic.a @LIBINTL@ @LIBICONV@
+regexp_LDADD=libdic.a @LIBINTL@
 
 if WITH_LOGGING
 compdic_LDADD += @LOG4CXX_LIBS@
diff --git a/extras/contrib/Makefile b/extras/contrib/Makefile
index 8065754..208c459 100644
--- a/extras/contrib/Makefile
+++ b/extras/contrib/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ APU_VERSION := 1.6.1
 ARABICA_VERSION := 2016-January
 BOOST_VERSION := 1.72.0
 EXPAT_VERSION := 2.2.9
-GETTEXT_VERSION := 0.20.1
 ICONV_VERSION := 1.16
 LIBCONFIG_VERSION := 1.7.2
 LIBXML2_VERSION := 2.9.8
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ CONFIGURE = CC="$(CC)" CXX="$(CXX)" CPPFLAGS="$(CPPFLAGS)" ./configure --host=$(
 
 # Dependencies (incomplete list):
 # expat <- apr <- apu <- log4cxx
-LIBS := iconv gettext boost expat apr apu libconfig log4cxx arabica qt2
+LIBS := iconv boost expat apr apu libconfig log4cxx arabica qt2
 TARGETS = $(LIBS:%=.%)
 
 .PHONY: help all clean clean-% distclean distclean-%
@@ -170,26 +169,6 @@ $(EXPAT_DIR_FLAG): $(EXPAT_ARCHIVE)
 	touch $@
 
 
-### gettext ###
-
-GETTEXT_DIR = $(BUILD_DIR)/gettext-$(GETTEXT_VERSION)
-GETTEXT_DIR_FLAG = $(GETTEXT_DIR)/.flag
-GETTEXT_ARCHIVE = $(ARCHIVE_DIR)/gettext-$(GETTEXT_VERSION).tar.gz
-
-$(GETTEXT_ARCHIVE): $(PREFIX_FLAG)
-	$(WGET) https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/$(shell basename $@)
-
-$(GETTEXT_DIR_FLAG): $(GETTEXT_ARCHIVE)
-	$(TAR) -xzf $<
-	touch $@
-
-.gettext: $(GETTEXT_DIR_FLAG)
-	(cd $(GETTEXT_DIR) \
-		&& $(CONFIGURE) --disable-java --disable-native-java --disable-relocatable --without-emacs --without-included-libxml \
-		&& make install)
-	touch $@
-
-
 ### iconv ###
 
 ICONV_DIR = $(BUILD_DIR)/libiconv-$(ICONV_VERSION)
diff --git a/po/makefile-qt4.patch b/po/makefile-qt4.patch
index d60e2d8..9894e5a 100644
--- a/po/makefile-qt4.patch
+++ b/po/makefile-qt4.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---- po/Makefile.in.in	2020-04-06 19:12:50.652868150 +0200
-+++ po/Makefile.in.in.new	2020-04-06 19:16:31.289415435 +0200
-@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@
+--- po/Makefile.in.in	2013-01-06 17:32:47.328960440 +0100
++++ po/Makefile.in.in.new	2013-01-06 17:34:22.641893986 +0100
+@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@
  # otherwise packages like GCC can not be built if only parts of the source
  # have been downloaded.
  
@@ -11,22 +11,21 @@
 +
  # This target rebuilds $(DOMAIN).pot; it is an expensive operation.
  # Note that $(DOMAIN).pot is not touched if it doesn't need to be changed.
- # The determination of whether the package xyz is a GNU one is based on the
-@@ -194,7 +199,7 @@
+ $(DOMAIN).pot-update: $(POTFILES) $(srcdir)/POTFILES.in remove-potcdate.sed
+@@ -150,14 +155,14 @@
  	fi; \
  	case `$(XGETTEXT) --version | sed 1q | sed -e 's,^[^0-9]*,,'` in \
  	  '' | 0.[0-9] | 0.[0-9].* | 0.1[0-5] | 0.1[0-5].* | 0.16 | 0.16.[0-1]*) \
 -	    $(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(DOMAIN) --directory=$(top_srcdir) \
 +	    $(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(DOMAIN) --directory=$(top_builddir) --directory=$(top_srcdir) \
- 	      --add-comments=TRANSLATORS: \
+ 	      --add-comments=TRANSLATORS: $(XGETTEXT_OPTIONS) @XGETTEXT_EXTRA_OPTIONS@ \
  	      --files-from=$(srcdir)/POTFILES.in \
  	      --copyright-holder='$(COPYRIGHT_HOLDER)' \
-@@ -202,7 +207,7 @@
- 	      $(XGETTEXT_OPTIONS) @XGETTEXT_EXTRA_OPTIONS@ \
+ 	      --msgid-bugs-address="$$msgid_bugs_address" \
  	    ;; \
  	  *) \
 -	    $(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(DOMAIN) --directory=$(top_srcdir) \
 +	    $(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(DOMAIN) --directory=$(top_builddir) --directory=$(top_srcdir) \
- 	      --add-comments=TRANSLATORS: \
+ 	      --add-comments=TRANSLATORS: $(XGETTEXT_OPTIONS) @XGETTEXT_EXTRA_OPTIONS@ \
  	      --files-from=$(srcdir)/POTFILES.in \
  	      --copyright-holder='$(COPYRIGHT_HOLDER)' \
diff --git a/qt/Makefile.am b/qt/Makefile.am
index 68ce4b2..6a04c61 100644
--- a/qt/Makefile.am
+++ b/qt/Makefile.am
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ BUILT_SOURCES = $(nodist_eliot_SOURCES)
 
 MOSTLYCLEANFILES = $(nodist_eliot_SOURCES)
 
-eliot_LDADD = ../game/libgame.a ../dic/libdic.a @QT_LIBS@ @LIBINTL@ @LIBICONV@ @LIBCONFIG_LIBS@ @ARABICA_LIBS@ @EXPAT_LIBS@
+eliot_LDADD = ../game/libgame.a ../dic/libdic.a @QT_LIBS@ @LIBINTL@ @LIBCONFIG_LIBS@ @ARABICA_LIBS@ @EXPAT_LIBS@
 # Needed for proper stack trace handling
 eliot_LDFLAGS = -rdynamic
 
diff --git a/utils/Makefile.am b/utils/Makefile.am
index aa0039e..8469cc0 100644
--- a/utils/Makefile.am
+++ b/utils/Makefile.am
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ bin_PROGRAMS =
 if BUILD_TEXT
 noinst_PROGRAMS += eliottxt
 eliottxt_SOURCES = game_io.h game_io.cpp eliottxt.cpp
-eliottxt_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/game/libgame.a $(top_builddir)/dic/libdic.a @LIBINTL@ @LIBICONV@ @LIBCONFIG_LIBS@ @ARABICA_LIBS@ @EXPAT_LIBS@
+eliottxt_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/game/libgame.a $(top_builddir)/dic/libdic.a @LIBINTL@ @LIBCONFIG_LIBS@ @ARABICA_LIBS@ @EXPAT_LIBS@
 
 if HAS_READLINE
 eliottxt_LDADD += -lreadline
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ endif
 if BUILD_NCURSES
 bin_PROGRAMS += eliotcurses
 eliotcurses_SOURCES = curses_intf.cpp curses_intf.h
-eliotcurses_LDADD = ../game/libgame.a ../dic/libdic.a @CURSES_LIB@ @LIBINTL@ @LIBICONV@ @LIBCONFIG_LIBS@ @ARABICA_LIBS@ @EXPAT_LIBS@
+eliotcurses_LDADD = ../game/libgame.a ../dic/libdic.a @CURSES_LIB@ @LIBINTL@ @LIBCONFIG_LIBS@ @ARABICA_LIBS@ @EXPAT_LIBS@
 if WITH_LOGGING
 eliotcurses_LDADD += @LOG4CXX_LIBS@
 endif