From d94d381f1b09bd77bc2c17c452f943dda82e3a73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: un-pogaz <46523284+un-pogaz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 19:13:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] builtins import (manual)

---
 src/calibre/gui2/wizard/__init__.py | 2 +-
 src/calibre/startup.py              | 3 +--
 src/calibre/utils/resources.py      | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/wizard/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/wizard/__init__.py
index a8a2f92385..0f49343fdb 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/wizard/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/wizard/__init__.py
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ class LibraryPage(QWizardPage, LibraryUI):
 
     def change_language(self, idx):
         prefs['language'] = str(self.language.itemData(self.language.currentIndex()) or '')
-        from polyglot.builtins import builtins
+        import builtins
         builtins.__dict__['_'] = lambda x: x
         from calibre.ebooks.metadata.book.base import reset_field_metadata
         from calibre.gui2 import qt_app
diff --git a/src/calibre/startup.py b/src/calibre/startup.py
index 57da97b4df..38869aa977 100644
--- a/src/calibre/startup.py
+++ b/src/calibre/startup.py
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 Perform various initialization tasks.
 '''
 
+import builtins
 import locale
 import os
 import sys
 
 # Default translation is NOOP
-from polyglot.builtins import builtins
-
 builtins.__dict__['_'] = lambda s: s
 
 # For strings which belong in the translation tables, but which shouldn't be
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/resources.py b/src/calibre/utils/resources.py
index e8d64f9a2d..147223d368 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/resources.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/resources.py
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ __copyright__ = '2009, Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 
+import builtins
 import os
 import sys
 
 from calibre import config_dir
-from polyglot.builtins import builtins
 
 user_dir = os.path.join(config_dir, 'resources')