diff --git a/builtin/mktag.c b/builtin/mktag.c
index 7ac11c46d5..1b1dc0263e 100644
--- a/builtin/mktag.c
+++ b/builtin/mktag.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static int mktag_fsck_error_func(struct fsck_options *o UNUSED,
 		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("error: tag input does not pass fsck: %s"), message);
 		return 1;
 	default:
-		BUG(_("%d (FSCK_IGNORE?) should never trigger this callback"),
+		BUG("%d (FSCK_IGNORE?) should never trigger this callback",
 		    msg_type);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
index 88a36ea9f8..2dceeeed8b 100644
--- a/builtin/worktree.c
+++ b/builtin/worktree.c
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ static void print_preparing_worktree_line(int detach,
 		else {
 			struct commit *commit = lookup_commit_reference_by_name(branch);
 			if (!commit)
-				BUG(_("unreachable: invalid reference: %s"), branch);
+				BUG("unreachable: invalid reference: %s", branch);
 			fprintf_ln(stderr, _("Preparing worktree (detached HEAD %s)"),
 				  repo_find_unique_abbrev(the_repository, &commit->object.oid, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
 		}
diff --git a/pack-bitmap-write.c b/pack-bitmap-write.c
index 7f400ee012..56960e6ad7 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap-write.c
+++ b/pack-bitmap-write.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ void bitmap_writer_finish(struct bitmap_writer *writer,
 					 oid_access);
 
 		if (commit_pos < 0)
-			BUG(_("trying to write commit not in index"));
+			BUG("trying to write commit not in index");
 		stored->commit_pos = commit_pos + base_objects;
 	}