diff --git a/deluge/core/daemon_entry.py b/deluge/core/daemon_entry.py
index cccc50588..2bec8bb4c 100644
--- a/deluge/core/daemon_entry.py
+++ b/deluge/core/daemon_entry.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from logging import FileHandler, getLogger
 from deluge.common import run_profiled
 from deluge.configmanager import get_config_dir
 from deluge.ui.baseargparser import BaseArgParser
-from deluge.ui.util import lang
+from deluge.ui.translations_util import set_dummy_trans
 
 
 def add_daemon_options(parser):
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def start_daemon(skip_start=False):
         deluge.core.daemon.Daemon: A new daemon object
 
     """
-    lang.set_dummy_trans(warn_msg=True)
+    set_dummy_trans(warn_msg=True)
 
     # Setup the argument parser
     parser = BaseArgParser()
diff --git a/deluge/tests/common.py b/deluge/tests/common.py
index 092290360..a29865f9f 100644
--- a/deluge/tests/common.py
+++ b/deluge/tests/common.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import deluge.configmanager
 import deluge.core.preferencesmanager
 import deluge.log
 from deluge.error import DelugeError
-from deluge.ui.util import lang
+from deluge.ui.translations_util import setup_translations
 
 # This sets log level to critical, so use log.critical() to debug while running unit tests
 deluge.log.setup_logger('none')
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def add_watchdog(deferred, timeout=0.05, message=None):
 
 
 # Initialize gettext
-lang.setup_translations()
+setup_translations()
 
 
 class ReactorOverride(object):
diff --git a/deluge/tests/test_common.py b/deluge/tests/test_common.py
index b7e813a0f..285785678 100644
--- a/deluge/tests/test_common.py
+++ b/deluge/tests/test_common.py
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ from twisted.trial import unittest
 
 from deluge.common import (VersionSplit, fdate, fpcnt, fpeer, fsize, fspeed, ftime, get_path_size, is_infohash, is_ip,
                            is_ipv4, is_ipv6, is_magnet, is_url)
-from deluge.ui.util import lang
+from deluge.ui.translations_util import setup_translations
 
 
 class CommonTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):  # NOQA
-        lang.setup_translations()
+        setup_translations()
 
     def tearDown(self):  # NOQA
         pass
diff --git a/deluge/tests/test_files_tab.py b/deluge/tests/test_files_tab.py
index 51a3684ba..9704b124f 100644
--- a/deluge/tests/test_files_tab.py
+++ b/deluge/tests/test_files_tab.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from twisted.trial import unittest
 
 import deluge.component as component
 from deluge.configmanager import ConfigManager
-from deluge.ui.util import lang
+from deluge.ui.translations_util import setup_translations
 
 from . import common
 from .basetest import BaseTestCase
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ except ImportError as err:
     import traceback
     traceback.print_exc()
 
-lang.setup_translations()
+setup_translations()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.gtkui
diff --git a/deluge/tests/test_torrentview.py b/deluge/tests/test_torrentview.py
index 0bee72802..a60f5b2de 100644
--- a/deluge/tests/test_torrentview.py
+++ b/deluge/tests/test_torrentview.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from twisted.trial import unittest
 
 import deluge.component as component
 from deluge.configmanager import ConfigManager
-from deluge.ui.util import lang
+from deluge.ui.translations_util import setup_translations
 
 from . import common
 from .basetest import BaseTestCase
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ else:
     from deluge.ui.gtkui.torrentview import TorrentView
     from deluge.ui.gtkui.gtkui import DEFAULT_PREFS
 
-lang.setup_translations()
+setup_translations()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.gtkui
diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/modes/preferences/preference_panes.py b/deluge/ui/console/modes/preferences/preference_panes.py
index 2801ff1ff..2f00ed284 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/modes/preferences/preference_panes.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/modes/preferences/preference_panes.py
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ class InterfacePane(BasePreferencePane):
                                console_config['torrentview']['separate_complete'])
         self.add_checked_input('move_selection', _('Move selection when moving torrents in the queue'),
                                console_config['torrentview']['move_selection'])
-        from deluge.ui.util import lang
-        langs = lang.get_languages()
+        from deluge.ui.translations_util import get_languages
+        langs = get_languages()
         langs.insert(0, ('', 'System Default'))
         self.add_combo_input('language', _('Language'),
                              langs, default=console_config['language'])
diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/utils/column.py b/deluge/ui/console/utils/column.py
index ab63875bc..8163bdcf8 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/utils/column.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/utils/column.py
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import logging
 
 import deluge.common
 from deluge.ui.common import TORRENT_DATA_FIELD
-from deluge.ui.util import lang
+from deluge.ui.translations_util import setup_translations
 
 from . import format_utils
 
-lang.setup_translations()
+setup_translations()
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/deluge/ui/gtkui/gtkui.py b/deluge/ui/gtkui/gtkui.py
index 3a8003e4c..76ba39932 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/gtkui/gtkui.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/gtkui/gtkui.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ from deluge.ui.gtkui.torrentdetails import TorrentDetails
 from deluge.ui.gtkui.torrentview import TorrentView
 from deluge.ui.sessionproxy import SessionProxy
 from deluge.ui.tracker_icons import TrackerIcons
-from deluge.ui.util import lang
+from deluge.ui.translations_util import set_language, setup_translations
 
 set_prgname('deluge')
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ DEFAULT_PREFS = {
 class GtkUI(object):
     def __init__(self, args):
         # Setup gtkbuilder/glade translation
-        lang.setup_translations(setup_gettext=False, setup_pygtk=True)
+        setup_translations(setup_gettext=False, setup_pygtk=True)
 
         # Setup signals
         def on_die(*args):
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class GtkUI(object):
 
         # Set language
         if self.config['language'] is not None:
-            lang.set_language(self.config['language'])
+            set_language(self.config['language'])
 
         # Start the IPC Interface before anything else.. Just in case we are
         # already running.
diff --git a/deluge/ui/gtkui/preferences.py b/deluge/ui/gtkui/preferences.py
index 82cc04f38..cdcc1716c 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/gtkui/preferences.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/gtkui/preferences.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from deluge.ui.client import client
 from deluge.ui.gtkui.common import associate_magnet_links, get_deluge_icon
 from deluge.ui.gtkui.dialogs import AccountDialog, ErrorDialog, InformationDialog, YesNoDialog
 from deluge.ui.gtkui.path_chooser import PathChooser
-from deluge.ui.util import lang
+from deluge.ui.translations_util import get_languages
 
 try:
     import appindicator
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class Preferences(component.Component):
         self.language_combo = self.builder.get_object('combobox_language')
         self.language_checkbox = self.builder.get_object('checkbutton_language')
         lang_model = self.language_combo.get_model()
-        langs = lang.get_languages()
+        langs = get_languages()
         index = -1
         for i, l in enumerate(langs):
             lang_code, name = l
diff --git a/deluge/ui/util/lang.py b/deluge/ui/translations_util.py
similarity index 100%
rename from deluge/ui/util/lang.py
rename to deluge/ui/translations_util.py
diff --git a/deluge/ui/ui.py b/deluge/ui/ui.py
index cb7076098..07e2dbc11 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/ui.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/ui.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import deluge.common
 import deluge.configmanager
 import deluge.log
 from deluge.ui.baseargparser import BaseArgParser
-from deluge.ui.util import lang
+from deluge.ui.translations_util import setup_translations
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class UI(object):
     def __init__(self, name, **kwargs):
         self.__name = name
         self.ui_args = kwargs.pop('ui_args', None)
-        lang.setup_translations()
+        setup_translations()
         self.__parser = BaseArgParser(**kwargs)
 
     def parse_args(self, parser, args=None):
diff --git a/deluge/ui/ui_entry.py b/deluge/ui/ui_entry.py
index 2474fe581..cd3a130c8 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/ui_entry.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/ui_entry.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import pkg_resources
 import deluge.common
 import deluge.configmanager
 from deluge.ui.baseargparser import BaseArgParser
-from deluge.ui.util import lang
+from deluge.ui.translations_util import setup_translations
 
 DEFAULT_PREFS = {
     'default_ui': 'gtk'
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ AMBIGUOUS_CMD_ARGS = ('-h', '--help', '-v', '-V', '--version')
 
 def start_ui():
     """Entry point for ui script"""
-    lang.setup_translations()
+    setup_translations()
 
     # Get the registered UI entry points
     ui_entrypoints = dict([(entrypoint.name, entrypoint.load())
diff --git a/deluge/ui/util/__init__.py b/deluge/ui/util/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/deluge/ui/web/json_api.py b/deluge/ui/web/json_api.py
index 150a68bbb..99d823666 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/web/json_api.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/web/json_api.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from deluge.ui import common as uicommon
 from deluge.ui.client import Client, client
 from deluge.ui.coreconfig import CoreConfig
 from deluge.ui.sessionproxy import SessionProxy
-from deluge.ui.util import lang
+from deluge.ui.translations_util import get_languages
 from deluge.ui.web.common import _, compress
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -995,4 +995,4 @@ class WebUtils(JSONComponent):
         Returns:
              list: of tuples [(lang-id, language-name), ...]
         """
-        return lang.get_languages()
+        return get_languages()
diff --git a/deluge/ui/web/server.py b/deluge/ui/web/server.py
index 00c72ebef..15b807847 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/web/server.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/web/server.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from deluge import common, component, configmanager
 from deluge.common import is_ipv6
 from deluge.core.rpcserver import check_ssl_keys
 from deluge.ui.tracker_icons import TrackerIcons
-from deluge.ui.util import lang
+from deluge.ui.translations_util import set_language, setup_translations
 from deluge.ui.web.auth import Auth
 from deluge.ui.web.common import Template, compress
 from deluge.ui.web.json_api import JSON, WebApi, WebUtils
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ class DelugeWeb(component.Component):
             # Strip away slashes and serve on the base path as well as root path
             self.top_level.putChild(self.base.strip('/'), self.top_level)
 
-        lang.setup_translations(setup_gettext=True, setup_pygtk=False)
+        setup_translations(setup_gettext=True, setup_pygtk=False)
 
         self.site = server.Site(self.top_level)
         self.web_api = WebApi()
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ class DelugeWeb(component.Component):
 
     def _on_language_changed(self, key, value):
         log.debug('Setting UI language %s', value)
-        lang.set_language(value)
+        set_language(value)
 
     def install_signal_handlers(self):
         # Since twisted assigns itself all the signals may as well make