diff --git a/podcasts-gtk/build.rs b/podcasts-gtk/build.rs
index ab9e977..45d6332 100644
--- a/podcasts-gtk/build.rs
+++ b/podcasts-gtk/build.rs
@@ -14,20 +14,4 @@ fn main() {
         .current_dir("resources")
         .status()
         .unwrap();
-
-    // Generating build globals
-    let default_locales = "./podcasts-gtk/po".to_string();
-    let out_dir = env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
-    let localedir = env::var("PODCASTS_LOCALEDIR").unwrap_or(default_locales);
-    let dest_path = Path::new(&out_dir).join("build_globals.rs");
-    let mut f = File::create(&dest_path).unwrap();
-
-    let globals = format!(
-        "
-pub(crate) static LOCALEDIR: &'static str = \"{}\";
-",
-        localedir
-    );
-
-    f.write_all(&globals.into_bytes()[..]).unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/podcasts-gtk/src/app.rs b/podcasts-gtk/src/app.rs
index 8a15784..b4397c4 100644
--- a/podcasts-gtk/src/app.rs
+++ b/podcasts-gtk/src/app.rs
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ use i18n::i18n;
 
 pub(crate) const APP_ID: &str = "org.gnome.Podcasts";
 
-include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/build_globals.rs"));
-
 /// Creates an action named `name` in the action map `T with the handler `F`
 fn action<T, F>(thing: &T, name: &str, action: F)
 where
@@ -377,7 +375,7 @@ impl App {
     pub(crate) fn run() {
         // Set up the textdomain for gettext
         setlocale(LocaleCategory::LcAll, "");
-        bindtextdomain("gnome-podcasts", LOCALEDIR);
+        bindtextdomain("gnome-podcasts", env!("LOCALEDIR"));
         textdomain("gnome-podcasts");
 
         let application = gtk::Application::new(APP_ID, gio::ApplicationFlags::empty())