--- a/hgext/notify.py
+++ b/hgext/notify.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 # if you like, you can put notify config file in repo that users can
 # push changes to, they can manage their own subscriptions.
 
-from mercurial.i18n import gettext as _
+from mercurial.i18n import _
 from mercurial.node import *
 from mercurial import patch, cmdutil, templater, util, mail
 import email.Parser, fnmatch, socket, time