diff --git a/src/AboutDialog.cpp b/src/AboutDialog.cpp
index cb0add970..07164a823 100644
--- a/src/AboutDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/AboutDialog.cpp
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ void AboutDialog::PopulateAudacityPage( ShuttleGui & S )
 
 
    // New way to add to About box....
-   S.StartNotebookPage( _("Audacity") );
+   S.StartNotebookPage( wxT("Audacity") );
    S.StartVerticalLay(1);
 
    //v For now, change to AudacityLogoWithName via old-fashioned way, not Theme.
diff --git a/src/AudacityApp.cpp b/src/AudacityApp.cpp
index 8e64ad3e2..d13fccec2 100644
--- a/src/AudacityApp.cpp
+++ b/src/AudacityApp.cpp
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ public:
    IPCServ()
    : wxServer()
    {
-      Create(wxT("audacity"));
+      Create(IPC_APPL);
    };
 
    ~IPCServ()
@@ -938,10 +938,11 @@ void AudacityApp::InitLang( const wxString & lang )
       //      catalogs are search in LIFO order, so add wxstd first.
       mLocale->AddCatalog(wxT("wxstd"));
 
+// AUDACITY_NAME is legitimately used on some *nix configurations. 
 #ifdef AUDACITY_NAME
       mLocale->AddCatalog(wxT(AUDACITY_NAME));
 #else
-      mLocale->AddCatalog(wxT("audacity"));
+      mLocale->AddCatalog(IPC_APPL);
 #endif
    } else
       mLocale = NULL;