diff --git a/source/blender/python/generic/blf_py_api.c b/source/blender/python/generic/blf_py_api.c
index abf5ee7bada..87e4a301eff 100644
--- a/source/blender/python/generic/blf_py_api.c
+++ b/source/blender/python/generic/blf_py_api.c
@@ -371,7 +371,6 @@ static PyObject *py_blf_load(PyObject *UNUSED(self), PyObject *args)
 	return PyLong_FromLong(BLF_load(filename));
 }
 
-#ifdef INTERNATIONAL
 PyDoc_STRVAR(py_blf_gettext_doc,
 ".. function:: gettext(msgid)\n"
 "\n"
@@ -384,6 +383,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(py_blf_gettext_doc,
 );
 static PyObject *py_blf_gettext(PyObject *UNUSED(self), PyObject *value)
 {
+#ifdef INTERNATIONAL
 	if ((U.transopts & USER_DOTRANSLATE) && (U.transopts & USER_TR_IFACE)) {
 		const char *msgid= _PyUnicode_AsString(value);
 		if(msgid == NULL) {
@@ -393,11 +393,12 @@ static PyObject *py_blf_gettext(PyObject *UNUSED(self), PyObject *value)
 
 		return PyUnicode_FromString(BLF_gettext(msgid));
 	}
-	else {
+	else
+#endif /* INTERNATIONAL */
+	{
 		return Py_INCREF(value), value;
 	}
 }
-#endif /* INTERNATIONAL */
 
 /*----------------------------MODULE INIT-------------------------*/
 static PyMethodDef BLF_methods[] = {
@@ -414,9 +415,7 @@ static PyMethodDef BLF_methods[] = {
 	{"shadow_offset", (PyCFunction) py_blf_shadow_offset, METH_VARARGS, py_blf_shadow_offset_doc},
 	{"size", (PyCFunction) py_blf_size, METH_VARARGS, py_blf_size_doc},
 	{"load", (PyCFunction) py_blf_load, METH_VARARGS, py_blf_load_doc},
-#ifdef INTERNATIONAL
 	{"gettext", (PyCFunction) py_blf_gettext, METH_O, py_blf_gettext_doc},
-#endif
 	{NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
 };