Index: Flask-Admin-1.6.1/flask_admin/tests/sqla/test_basic.py
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--- Flask-Admin-1.6.1.orig/flask_admin/tests/sqla/test_basic.py
+++ Flask-Admin-1.6.1/flask_admin/tests/sqla/test_basic.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from flask_admin.form.fields import Sele
 from flask_admin._compat import as_unicode
 from flask_admin._compat import iteritems
 from flask_admin.contrib.sqla import ModelView, filters, tools
-from flask_babelex import Babel
+from flask_babel import Babel
 
 from sqlalchemy.ext.hybrid import hybrid_property
 from sqlalchemy import cast
Index: Flask-Admin-1.6.1/flask_admin/tests/sqla/test_translation.py
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--- Flask-Admin-1.6.1.orig/flask_admin/tests/sqla/test_translation.py
+++ Flask-Admin-1.6.1/flask_admin/tests/sqla/test_translation.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from flask_admin.babel import lazy_gettext
-from flask_babelex import Babel
+from flask_babel import Babel
 
 from . import setup
 from .test_basic import CustomModelView, create_models
Index: Flask-Admin-1.6.1/flask_admin/babel.py
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--- Flask-Admin-1.6.1.orig/flask_admin/babel.py
+++ Flask-Admin-1.6.1/flask_admin/babel.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 try:
-    try:
-        from flask_babelex import Domain
-    except ImportError:
-        from flask_babel import Domain
+    from flask_babel import Domain
 
 except ImportError:
     def gettext(string, **variables):
Index: Flask-Admin-1.6.1/flask_admin/base.py
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--- Flask-Admin-1.6.1.orig/flask_admin/base.py
+++ Flask-Admin-1.6.1/flask_admin/base.py
@@ -524,6 +524,13 @@ class Admin(object):
         # Add index view
         self._set_admin_index_view(index_view=index_view, endpoint=endpoint, url=url)
 
+        # Initialise Babel, if we have it
+        try:
+            from flask_babel import Babel
+            Babel(app)
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
+
         # Register with application
         if app is not None:
             self._init_extension()