diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui_ed.cc b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui_ed.cc
index 30904e433b..4ef6d336db 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui_ed.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui_ed.cc
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ ARDOUR_UI::install_actions ()
 	ActionManager::session_sensitive_actions.push_back (act);
 	act = ActionManager::register_toggle_action (transport_actions, X_("ToggleTimeMaster"), _("Time Master"), sigc::mem_fun(*this, &ARDOUR_UI::toggle_time_master));
 	ActionManager::session_sensitive_actions.push_back (act);
-	act = ActionManager::register_toggle_action (transport_actions, X_("ToggleExternalSync"), _(""), sigc::mem_fun(*this, &ARDOUR_UI::toggle_external_sync));
+	act = ActionManager::register_toggle_action (transport_actions, X_("ToggleExternalSync"), "", sigc::mem_fun(*this, &ARDOUR_UI::toggle_external_sync));
 	ActionManager::session_sensitive_actions.push_back (act);
 
 	for (int i = 1; i <= 32; ++i) {
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/export_format_dialog.cc b/gtk2_ardour/export_format_dialog.cc
index f950e6ab18..5fa8333116 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/export_format_dialog.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/export_format_dialog.cc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ExportFormatDialog::ExportFormatDialog (FormatPtr format, bool new_dialog) :
   sample_rate_label (_("Sample rate"), Gtk::ALIGN_LEFT),
   src_quality_label (_("Sample rate conversion quality:"), Gtk::ALIGN_RIGHT),
 
-  encoding_options_label (_(""), Gtk::ALIGN_LEFT),
+  encoding_options_label ("", Gtk::ALIGN_LEFT),
 
   /* Changing encoding options from here on */