diff -rupN sensible-utils.git/Makefile.am sensible-utils.git-new/Makefile.am
--- sensible-utils.git/Makefile.am	2018-03-12 11:17:53.000000000 +0100
+++ sensible-utils.git-new/Makefile.am	2018-03-13 10:11:14.618976126 +0100
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ TESTS = test/ed-as-sensible-editor test/
 AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT=\
     PATH="$(topsrcdir):$$PATH"; export PATH;
 
-binpkgdatadir = $(pkgdatadir)/bin
-
 edit = sed \
              -e 's|@binpkgdatadir[@]|$(binpkgdatadir)|g' \
              -e 's|@prefix[@]|$(prefix)|g'
@@ -25,4 +23,3 @@ select-editor: $(srcdir)/select-editor.i
 
 
 bin_SCRIPTS = sensible-browser sensible-editor sensible-pager select-editor
-binpkgdata_SCRIPTS = tools/gettext
diff -rupN sensible-utils.git/select-editor.in sensible-utils.git-new/select-editor.in
--- sensible-utils.git/select-editor.in	2018-03-13 10:11:14.617976126 +0100
+++ sensible-utils.git-new/select-editor.in	2018-03-13 10:11:14.618976126 +0100
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 # To generate localization information, run:
 #   xgettext -o - -L Shell select-editor
 
-# if no gettext it will fallback to gettext on /usr/share/sensible-utils/bin
-# see #728612
-PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:@binpkgdatadir@
-
 # EASIEST editor
 EASIEST="/bin/nano"