diff --git a/src/gui_beval.c b/src/gui_beval.c
index bbfa2ba..ba8e32e 100644
--- a/src/gui_beval.c
+++ b/src/gui_beval.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 
     if (mesg != NULL && mesgCB != NULL)
     {
-	iemsg(_(e_cannot_create_ballooneval_with_both_message_and_callback));
+	iemsg(e_cannot_create_ballooneval_with_both_message_and_callback);
 	return NULL;
     }