diff --git a/cinder/common/config.py b/cinder/common/config.py
index c4e7ba98723..ac48e7ef913 100644
--- a/cinder/common/config.py
+++ b/cinder/common/config.py
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_middleware import cors
 from oslo_utils import netutils
 
-from cinder.i18n import _
-
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 logging.register_options(CONF)
@@ -96,14 +94,14 @@ global_opts = [
     cfg.BoolOpt('enable_v1_api',
                 default=True,
                 deprecated_for_removal=True,
-                help=_("DEPRECATED: Deploy v1 of the Cinder API.")),
+                help="DEPRECATED: Deploy v1 of the Cinder API."),
     cfg.BoolOpt('enable_v2_api',
                 default=True,
                 deprecated_for_removal=True,
-                help=_("DEPRECATED: Deploy v2 of the Cinder API.")),
+                help="DEPRECATED: Deploy v2 of the Cinder API."),
     cfg.BoolOpt('enable_v3_api',
                 default=True,
-                help=_("Deploy v3 of the Cinder API.")),
+                help="Deploy v3 of the Cinder API."),
     cfg.BoolOpt('api_rate_limit',
                 default=True,
                 help='Enables or disables rate limit of the API.'),
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/blockbridge.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/blockbridge.py
index 99d0aa98dae..08ff40d0fcc 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/blockbridge.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/blockbridge.py
@@ -37,29 +37,29 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 blockbridge_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt("blockbridge_api_host",
-               help=_("IP address/hostname of Blockbridge API.")),
+               help="IP address/hostname of Blockbridge API."),
     cfg.IntOpt("blockbridge_api_port",
-               help=_("Override HTTPS port to connect to Blockbridge "
-                      "API server.")),
+               help="Override HTTPS port to connect to Blockbridge "
+                    "API server."),
     cfg.StrOpt("blockbridge_auth_scheme",
                default='token',
                choices=['token', 'password'],
-               help=_("Blockbridge API authentication scheme (token "
-                      "or password)")),
+               help="Blockbridge API authentication scheme (token "
+                    "or password)"),
     cfg.StrOpt("blockbridge_auth_token",
-               help=_("Blockbridge API token (for auth scheme 'token')"),
+               help="Blockbridge API token (for auth scheme 'token')",
                secret=True),
     cfg.StrOpt("blockbridge_auth_user",
-               help=_("Blockbridge API user (for auth scheme 'password')")),
+               help="Blockbridge API user (for auth scheme 'password')"),
     cfg.StrOpt("blockbridge_auth_password",
-               help=_("Blockbridge API password (for auth scheme 'password')"),
+               help="Blockbridge API password (for auth scheme 'password')",
                secret=True),
     cfg.DictOpt("blockbridge_pools",
                 default={'OpenStack': '+openstack'},
-                help=_("Defines the set of exposed pools and their associated "
-                       "backend query strings")),
+                help="Defines the set of exposed pools and their associated "
+                     "backend query strings"),
     cfg.StrOpt("blockbridge_default_pool",
-               help=_("Default pool name if unspecified.")),
+               help="Default pool name if unspecified."),
 ]
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/rbd.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/rbd.py
index 6f26659a73f..3cf52ce345c 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/rbd.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/rbd.py
@@ -75,18 +75,18 @@ rbd_opts = [
                     'taken before a flatten occurs. Set to 0 to disable '
                     'cloning.'),
     cfg.IntOpt('rbd_store_chunk_size', default=4,
-               help=_('Volumes will be chunked into objects of this size '
-                      '(in megabytes).')),
+               help='Volumes will be chunked into objects of this size '
+                    '(in megabytes).'),
     cfg.IntOpt('rados_connect_timeout', default=-1,
-               help=_('Timeout value (in seconds) used when connecting to '
-                      'ceph cluster. If value < 0, no timeout is set and '
-                      'default librados value is used.')),
+               help='Timeout value (in seconds) used when connecting to '
+                    'ceph cluster. If value < 0, no timeout is set and '
+                    'default librados value is used.'),
     cfg.IntOpt('rados_connection_retries', default=3,
-               help=_('Number of retries if connection to ceph cluster '
-                      'failed.')),
+               help='Number of retries if connection to ceph cluster '
+                    'failed.'),
     cfg.IntOpt('rados_connection_interval', default=5,
-               help=_('Interval value (in seconds) between connection '
-                      'retries to ceph cluster.'))
+               help='Interval value (in seconds) between connection '
+                    'retries to ceph cluster.')
 ]
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF