diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 4c2423b5..89b27c52 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_strncpy = ^(find/print.c|lib/buildcmd.c)$$
 # sc_texinfo_acronym: perms.texi from coreutils uses @acronym{GNU}.
 exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_texinfo_acronym = doc/perm\.texi
 
+# List syntax-check exemptions.
+exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_bindtextdomain = \
+  ^(locate/frcode|lib/regexprops|lib/test_splitstring)\.c$$
+
 # sc_prohibit_strcmp is broken because it gives false positives for
 # cases where neither argument is a string literal.
 local-checks-to-skip += sc_prohibit_strcmp
diff --git a/find/exec.c b/find/exec.c
index 9807c74e..13b44925 100644
--- a/find/exec.c
+++ b/find/exec.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "cloexec.h"
 #include "dirname.h"
 #include "error.h"
-#include "gettext.h"
 #include "save-cwd.h"
 #include "xalloc.h"
 
@@ -39,13 +38,7 @@
 #include "defs.h"
 #include "die.h"
 #include "fdleak.h"
-
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#endif
+#include "system.h"
 
 
 /* Initialize exec->wd_for_exec.
diff --git a/find/fstype.c b/find/fstype.c
index ec072c7c..578ea8ee 100644
--- a/find/fstype.c
+++ b/find/fstype.c
@@ -51,19 +51,12 @@
 #include "xalloc.h"
 #include "xstrtol.h"
 #include "mountlist.h"
-#include "gettext.h"
 
 /* find headers. */
 #include "defs.h"
 #include "die.h"
 #include "extendbuf.h"
-
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#endif
+#include "system.h"
 
 static char *file_system_type_uncached (const struct stat *statp,
                                         const char *path,
diff --git a/find/ftsfind.c b/find/ftsfind.c
index 5cebb61f..0e2aca33 100644
--- a/find/ftsfind.c
+++ b/find/ftsfind.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
-#include <locale.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@
 #include "closeout.h"
 #include "error.h"
 #include "fts_.h"
-#include "gettext.h"
 #include "progname.h"
 #include "quotearg.h"
 #include "save-cwd.h"
@@ -55,20 +53,12 @@
 #include "dircallback.h"
 #include "fdleak.h"
 #include "unused-result.h"
+#include "system.h"
+
 
 #undef  STAT_MOUNTPOINTS
 
 
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#define textdomain(Domain)
-#define bindtextdomain(Package, Directory)
-#endif
-
-
 /* FTS_TIGHT_CYCLE_CHECK tries to work around Savannah bug #17877
  * (but actually using it doesn't fix the bug).
  */
diff --git a/find/oldfind.c b/find/oldfind.c
index 6aa67335..8162aa6d 100644
--- a/find/oldfind.c
+++ b/find/oldfind.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <locale.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
 /* gnulib headers. */
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@
 #include "dirname.h"
 #include "error.h"
 #include "fcntl--.h"
-#include "gettext.h"
 #include "human.h"
 #include "progname.h"
 #include "save-cwd.h"
@@ -53,6 +51,7 @@
 #include "defs.h"
 #include "die.h"
 #include "fdleak.h"
+#include "system.h"
 
 #undef  STAT_MOUNTPOINTS
 
@@ -75,16 +74,6 @@ enum
 # define D_INO(dp) NOT_AN_INODE_NUMBER
 #endif
 
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#define textdomain(Domain)
-#define bindtextdomain(Package, Directory)
-#define ngettext(singular,plural,n) ((1==n) ? singular : plural)
-#endif
-
 #ifdef STAT_MOUNTPOINTS
 static void init_mounted_dev_list (int mandatory);
 #endif
diff --git a/find/parser.c b/find/parser.c
index aa88e84c..566dcc67 100644
--- a/find/parser.c
+++ b/find/parser.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #include "error.h"
 #include "fnmatch.h"
 #include "fts_.h"
-#include "gettext.h"
 #include "modechange.h"
 #include "mountlist.h"
 #include "parse-datetime.h"
@@ -66,16 +65,9 @@
 #include "die.h"
 #include "fdleak.h"
 #include "findutils-version.h"
+#include "system.h"
 
 
-
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#endif
-
 #ifndef HAVE_ENDGRENT
 #define endgrent ()
 #endif
diff --git a/find/pred.c b/find/pred.c
index af3bacbc..2014b5ab 100644
--- a/find/pred.c
+++ b/find/pred.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <grp.h>
-#include <locale.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <selinux/selinux.h>
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@
 #include "dirname.h"
 #include "error.h"
 #include "fnmatch.h"
-#include "gettext.h"
 #include "stat-size.h"
 #include "stat-time.h"
 #include "yesno.h"
@@ -51,16 +49,10 @@
 #include "dircallback.h"
 #include "listfile.h"
 #include "printquoted.h"
+#include "system.h"
 
 
 
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CLOSEDIR_VOID
 /* Fake a return value. */
 #define CLOSEDIR(d) (closedir (d), 0)
diff --git a/find/print.c b/find/print.c
index 1271e4de..f27b503e 100644
--- a/find/print.c
+++ b/find/print.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <grp.h>
-#include <locale.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@
 #include "dirname.h"
 #include "error.h"
 #include "filemode.h"
-#include "gettext.h"
 #include "human.h"
 #include "printquoted.h"
 #include "stat-size.h"
@@ -49,12 +47,6 @@
 #include "die.h"
 #include "print.h"
 
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#endif
 
 #if defined STDC_HEADERS
 # define ISDIGIT(c) isdigit ((unsigned char)c)
diff --git a/find/tree.c b/find/tree.c
index 4c20b344..5be88f2e 100644
--- a/find/tree.c
+++ b/find/tree.c
@@ -25,20 +25,12 @@
 /* gnulib headers. */
 #include "error.h"
 #include "fnmatch.h"
-#include "gettext.h"
 #include "xalloc.h"
 
 /* find headers. */
 #include "defs.h"
 #include "die.h"
-
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#endif
-
+#include "system.h"
 
 
 /* All predicates for each path to process. */
diff --git a/find/util.c b/find/util.c
index 09d00ba3..fa338074 100644
--- a/find/util.c
+++ b/find/util.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 /* gnulib headers. */
 #include "error.h"
 #include "fdleak.h"
-#include "gettext.h"
 #include "progname.h"
 #include "quotearg.h"
 #include "save-cwd.h"
@@ -44,14 +43,7 @@
 #include "die.h"
 #include "dircallback.h"
 #include "bugreports.h"
-
-
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#endif
+#include "system.h"
 
 
 struct debug_option_assoc
diff --git a/lib/bugreports.c b/lib/bugreports.c
index bdb7e360..e52e9202 100644
--- a/lib/bugreports.c
+++ b/lib/bugreports.c
@@ -18,14 +18,9 @@
  */
 #include <config.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include "bugreports.h"
 
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#endif
+#include "bugreports.h"
+#include "system.h"
 
 int
 explain_how_to_report_bugs (FILE *f, const char *program_name)
diff --git a/lib/buildcmd.c b/lib/buildcmd.c
index 290ad6cb..efe6d15c 100644
--- a/lib/buildcmd.c
+++ b/lib/buildcmd.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <locale.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -33,21 +32,13 @@
 #include <xalloc.h>
 
 /* gnulib headers. */
-#include "gettext.h"
 #include "xstrtol.h"
 
 /* find headers. */
+#include "system.h"
 #include "buildcmd.h"
 #include "die.h"
 
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#define textdomain(Domain)
-#define bindtextdomain(Package, Directory)
-#endif
 
 /* COMPAT:  SYSV version defaults size (and has a max value of) to 470.
    We try to make it as large as possible.  See bc_get_arg_max() below. */
diff --git a/lib/dircallback.c b/lib/dircallback.c
index cc12b558..c8a460da 100644
--- a/lib/dircallback.c
+++ b/lib/dircallback.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 /* system headers. */
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <locale.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
diff --git a/lib/fdleak.c b/lib/fdleak.c
index efc0cc4f..38ff8360 100644
--- a/lib/fdleak.c
+++ b/lib/fdleak.c
@@ -37,19 +37,13 @@
 #include "dirent-safer.h"
 #include "error.h"
 #include "fcntl--.h"
-#include "gettext.h"
 
 /* find headers. */
+#include "system.h"
 #include "extendbuf.h"
 #include "fdleak.h"
 #include "safe-atoi.h"
 
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#endif
 
 /* In order to detect FD leaks, we take a snapshot of the open
  * file descriptors which are not FD_CLOEXEC when the program starts.
diff --git a/lib/findutils-version.c b/lib/findutils-version.c
index e963277a..fa3593f9 100644
--- a/lib/findutils-version.c
+++ b/lib/findutils-version.c
@@ -21,18 +21,12 @@
 /* system headers would go here if we needed any. */
 
 /* gnulib headers. */
-#include "gettext.h"
 #include "version-etc.h"
 
 /* find headers. */
+#include "system.h"
 #include "findutils-version.h"
 
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#endif
 
 #ifdef _LIBC
 /* In the GNU C library, there is a predefined variable for this.  */
diff --git a/lib/listfile.c b/lib/listfile.c
index 84dbc550..f1c7111c 100644
--- a/lib/listfile.c
+++ b/lib/listfile.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <grp.h>
-#include <locale.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -41,9 +40,9 @@
 #include "idcache.h"
 #include "pathmax.h"
 #include "stat-size.h"
-#include "gettext.h"
 
 /* find headers. */
+#include "system.h"
 #include "die.h"
 #include "listfile.h"
 
@@ -61,12 +60,6 @@
 #  endif
 #endif
 
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#endif
 
 static bool print_name (register const char *p, FILE *stream, int literal_control_chars);
 
diff --git a/lib/regextype.c b/lib/regextype.c
index e58dbff7..7baec782 100644
--- a/lib/regextype.c
+++ b/lib/regextype.c
@@ -28,24 +28,16 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 /* gnulib headers. */
-#include "gettext.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "regex.h"
 #include "regextype.h"
 #include "xalloc.h"
 
 /* findutils headers */
+#include "system.h"
 #include "die.h"
 
 
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#endif
-
-
 struct tagRegexTypeMap
 {
   const char *name;
diff --git a/lib/safe-atoi.c b/lib/safe-atoi.c
index be261ac9..8e63abb6 100644
--- a/lib/safe-atoi.c
+++ b/lib/safe-atoi.c
@@ -23,20 +23,13 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 /* gnulib headers. */
-#include "gettext.h"
 #include "quotearg.h"
 
 /* find headers. */
+#include "system.h"
 #include "die.h"
 #include "safe-atoi.h"
 
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#endif
-
 
 int
 safe_atoi (const char *s, enum quoting_style style)
diff --git a/lib/system.h b/lib/system.h
index b261d407..b473cb89 100644
--- a/lib/system.h
+++ b/lib/system.h
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@
 #if !defined SYSTEM_H
 # define SYSTEM_H
 
+#include <locale.h>
+
+/* Take care of NLS matters.  */
+
+#include "gettext.h"
+#if ! ENABLE_NLS
+# undef textdomain
+# define textdomain(Domainname) /* empty */
+# undef bindtextdomain
+# define bindtextdomain(Domainname, Dirname) /* empty */
+#endif
+
+#define _(msgid) gettext (msgid)
+#define N_(msgid) msgid
+
 /* FALLTHROUGH
  * Since GCC7, the "-Werror=implicit-fallthrough=" option requires
  * fallthrough cases to be marked as such via:
diff --git a/locate/frcode.c b/locate/frcode.c
index 71e1ef08..67e70dd3 100644
--- a/locate/frcode.c
+++ b/locate/frcode.c
@@ -79,26 +79,17 @@
 /* gnulib headers. */
 #include "closeout.h"
 #include "error.h"
-#include "gettext.h"
 #include "progname.h"
 #include "xalloc.h"
 
 /* find headers. */
+#include "system.h"
 #include "bugreports.h"
 #include "die.h"
 #include "findutils-version.h"
 #include "gcc-function-attributes.h"
 #include "locatedb.h"
 
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#define textdomain(Domain)
-#define bindtextdomain(Package, Directory)
-#endif
-
 
 /* Write out a 16-bit int, high byte first (network byte order).
  * Return true iff all went well.
diff --git a/locate/locate.c b/locate/locate.c
index 35593057..a10d86d2 100644
--- a/locate/locate.c
+++ b/locate/locate.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <grp.h>                /* for setgroups() */
-#include <locale.h>
 #include <regex.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@
 
 /* gnulib headers. */
 #include "fnmatch.h"
-#include "gettext.h"
 #include "progname.h"
 #include "xalloc.h"
 #include "error.h"
@@ -94,6 +92,7 @@
 #include "stat-time.h"
 
 /* find headers. */
+#include "system.h"
 #include "bugreports.h"
 #include "die.h"
 #include "findutils-version.h"
@@ -103,28 +102,6 @@
 #include "splitstring.h"
 
 
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#define textdomain(Domain)
-#define bindtextdomain(Package, Directory)
-#define ngettext(singular,plural,n) ((1==n) ? singular : plural)
-#endif
-#ifdef gettext_noop
-# define N_(String) gettext_noop (String)
-#else
-/* We used to use (String) instead of just String, but apparently ISO C
- * doesn't allow this (at least, that's what HP said when someone reported
- * this as a compiler bug).  This is HP case number 1205608192.  See
- * also https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11250 (which references
- * ANSI 3.5.7p14-15).  The Intel icc compiler also rejects constructs
- * like: static const char buf[] = ("string");
- */
-# define N_(String) String
-#endif
-
 /* Warn if a database is older than this.  8 days allows for a weekly
    update that takes up to a day to perform.  */
 static unsigned int warn_number_units = 8;
diff --git a/locate/word_io.c b/locate/word_io.c
index 99aa72ca..1b5225eb 100644
--- a/locate/word_io.c
+++ b/locate/word_io.c
@@ -28,22 +28,13 @@
 /* gnulib headers. */
 #include "byteswap.h"
 #include "error.h"
-#include "gettext.h"
 #include "quotearg.h"
 
 /* find headers. */
+#include "system.h"
 #include "die.h"
 #include "locatedb.h"
 
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#define textdomain(Domain)
-#define bindtextdomain(Package, Directory)
-#endif
-
 
 enum { WORDBYTES=4 };
 
diff --git a/xargs/xargs.c b/xargs/xargs.c
index e86756de..a0be77ea 100644
--- a/xargs/xargs.c
+++ b/xargs/xargs.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <locale.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@
 /* gnulib headers. */
 #include "closein.h"
 #include "error.h"
-#include "gettext.h"
 #include "progname.h"
 #include "quotearg.h"
 #include "safe-read.h"
@@ -70,14 +68,6 @@
 #include "gcc-function-attributes.h"
 #include "system.h"
 
-#if ENABLE_NLS
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
-#else
-# define _(Text) Text
-#define textdomain(Domain)
-#define bindtextdomain(Package, Directory)
-#endif
 
 #ifndef LONG_MAX
 #define LONG_MAX (~(1 << (sizeof (long) * 8 - 1)))