diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e8cc4de8c..0355afd0b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import os.path
 import warnings
 import sys
 import glob
-import io
-import zipfile
 
 try:
     from setuptools import setup
@@ -27,15 +25,6 @@ except ImportError:
         exit(1)
 
 
-def zipped_folder(topdir):
-    f = io.BytesIO()
-    zipf = zipfile.ZipFile(f, mode='w')
-    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(topdir):
-        for filename in filenames:
-            zipf.write(os.path.join(dirpath, filename))
-    zipf.close()
-    return f.getvalue()
-
 py2exe_options = {
     "bundle_files": 1,
     "compressed": 1,
@@ -47,7 +36,6 @@ py2exe_options = {
 py2exe_console = [{
     "script": "./youtube_dl/__main__.py",
     "dest_base": "youtube-dl",
-    "other_resources": [(u'LOCALE_DATA', u'locale_data.zip', zipped_folder('share'))],
 }]
 
 py2exe_params = {
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 04aa917d8..b7d2043a7 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 import traceback
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
-import zipfile
 import zlib
 
 from .compat import (
@@ -2514,36 +2513,12 @@ class ISO3166Utils(object):
         return cls._country_map.get(code.upper())
 
 
-def _load_exe_resource(res_type, res_name):
-    kernel32 = ctypes.windll.kernel32
-
-    exe_handle = 0  # NULL: Current process
-
-    res_info = kernel32.FindResourceW(exe_handle, res_name, res_type)
-    res_handle = kernel32.LoadResource(exe_handle, res_info)
-    res_data = kernel32.LockResource(res_handle)
-    res_len = kernel32.SizeofResource(exe_handle, res_info)
-    res_arr = ctypes.cast(res_data, ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_char))[:res_len]
-    return res_arr
-
-
 def g(s):
     DOMAIN = 'youtube_dl'
     lang, _ = locale.getdefaultlocale()
     try:
         t = gettext.translation(DOMAIN, find_file_in_root('share/locale/'), [lang])
     except (OSError, IOError):  # OSError for 3.3+ and IOError otherwise
-        t = None
-
-    if t is None and sys.platform == 'win32' and hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
-        locale_data_zip = _load_exe_resource('LOCALE_DATA', 'LOCALE_DATA.ZIP')
-        f = io.BytesIO(locale_data_zip)
-        zipf = zipfile.ZipFile(f)
-        with zipf.open('share/locale/%s/LC_MESSAGES/%s.mo' % (lang, DOMAIN)) as mo_file:
-            t = gettext.GNUTranslations(mo_file)
-        zipf.close()
-
-    if t is None:
         return s
 
     ret = t.gettext(s)