diff --git a/libs/pbd/convert.cc b/libs/pbd/convert.cc
index 727c41ad4f..23c54731a0 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/convert.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/convert.cc
@@ -74,6 +74,19 @@ downcase (const char* str)
 	return copy;
 }
 
+vector<string>
+upcase (char const *array[])
+{
+	vector<string> ret;
+	for (int n = 0; array[n]; ++n) {
+		string s (array[n]);
+		std::transform (s.begin(), s.end(), s.begin(), ::toupper);
+		ret.push_back (s);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 string
 short_version (string orig, string::size_type target_length)
 {
@@ -174,20 +187,6 @@ internationalize (const char *package_name, const char **array)
 	return v;
 }
 
-vector<string>
-internationalize_and_upcase (const char *package_name, const char **array)
-{
-	vector<string> v;
-
-	for (uint32_t i = 0; array[i]; ++i) {
-		string s (dgettext(package_name, array[i]));
-		std::transform (s.begin(), s.end(), s.begin(), ::toupper);
-		v.push_back (s);
-	}
-
-	return v;
-}
-
 static int32_t
 int_from_hex (char hic, char loc)
 {
diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/convert.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/convert.h
index beb1d83db7..aa85a10b72 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/convert.h
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/convert.h
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ LIBPBD_API std::string url_decode (std::string const &);
 LIBPBD_API std::string capitalize (const std::string&);
 LIBPBD_API std::string downcase (const std::string&);
 LIBPBD_API const char* downcase (const char*);
+LIBPBD_API std::vector<std::string> upcase (char const *[]);
 
 // std::string length2string (const int32_t samples, const float sample_rate);
 LIBPBD_API std::string length2string (const int64_t samples, const double sample_rate);
 
 LIBPBD_API std::vector<std::string> internationalize (const char *, const char **);
-LIBPBD_API std::vector<std::string> internationalize_and_upcase (const char *, const char **);
 LIBPBD_API bool strings_equal_ignore_case (const std::string& a, const std::string& b);
 
 LIBPBD_API const char* sgettext (const char *, const char *);