diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4e58d2a..9247f5d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -199,44 +199,6 @@ will tell mustache.js to look for a object in the context's property
 `winnings`. It will then use that object as the context for the template found
 in `partials` for `winnings`.
 
-## Internationalization
-
-mustache.js supports i18n using the `{{_i}}{{/i}}` tags.  When mustache.js encounters
-an internationalized section, it will call out to the standard global gettext function `_()` with the tag contents for a
-translation _before_ any rendering is done.  For example:
-
-    var template = "{{_i}}{{name}} is using mustache.js!{{/i}}"
-
-    var view = {
-      name: "Matt"
-    };
-
-    var translationTable = {
-      // Welsh, according to Google Translate
-      "{{name}} is using mustache.js!": "Mae {{name}} yn defnyddio mustache.js!"
-    };
-
-    function _(text) {
-      return translationTable[text] || text;
-    }
-
-    alert(Mustache.to_html(template, view));
-    // alerts "Mae Matt yn defnyddio mustache.js!"
-
-### The TRANSLATION-HINT Pragma
-
-Some single words in English have different translations based on usage context.  Mustache.js supports this with the TRANSLATION-HINT pragma.  For example, the word "Tweet" can be used as a noun, or a verb.  The following template is ambiguous:
-
-    <div class="tweet-button">{{_i}}Tweet{{/i}}</div>
-
-By adding a pragma, we can provide the right context for a given template:
-
-    {{%TRANSLATION-HINT mode=tweet_button}}
-
-    <div class="tweet-button">{{_i}}Tweet{{/i}}</div>
-
-This will lookup every translation in that template with the mode, e.g. `_('Tweet', {mode: "tweet_button"})`, which your gettext implementation can handle as appropriate.
-
 ## Escaping
 
 mustache.js does escape all values when using the standard double mustache
@@ -293,10 +255,6 @@ own iteration marker:
       {{bob}}
     {{/foo}}
 
-### TRANSLATION-HINT
-
-See the "Internationalization" section above for info on this pragma.
-
 ## F.A.Q.
 
 ### Why doesn’t Mustache allow dot notation like `{{variable.member}}`?
diff --git a/examples/i18n.html b/examples/i18n.html
deleted file mode 100644
index d39bc61..0000000
--- a/examples/i18n.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{{_i}}foo {{bar}}{{/i}}
diff --git a/examples/i18n.js b/examples/i18n.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2053321..0000000
--- a/examples/i18n.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-var i18n = {
-  bar: "don't double render me... {{baz}}",
-  baz: "FAIL"
-};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/i18n.txt b/examples/i18n.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ab5fb8..0000000
--- a/examples/i18n.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-foo don&#39;t double render me... {{baz}}
diff --git a/mustache.js b/mustache.js
index dd217df..a06d117 100644
--- a/mustache.js
+++ b/mustache.js
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ var Mustache = function() {
     pragmas: {},
     buffer: [],
     pragmas_implemented: {
-      "IMPLICIT-ITERATOR": true,
-      "TRANSLATION-HINT": true
+      "IMPLICIT-ITERATOR": true
     },
     context: {},
 
@@ -35,17 +34,9 @@ var Mustache = function() {
         }
       }
 
-      // Branching or moving down the partial stack, save any translation mode info.
-      if (this.pragmas['TRANSLATION-HINT']) {
-        context['_TRANSLATION-HINT_mode'] = this.pragmas['TRANSLATION-HINT'].mode;
-      }
-
       // get the pragmas together
       template = this.render_pragmas(template);
 
-      // handle all translations
-      template = this.render_i18n(template, context, partials);
-
       // render the template
       var html = this.render_section(template, context, partials);
 
@@ -121,37 +112,6 @@ var Mustache = function() {
       return this.render(partials[name], context[name], partials, true);
     },
 
-    render_i18n: function(html, context, partials) {
-      if (html.indexOf(this.otag + "_i") == -1) {
-        return html;
-      }
-      var that = this;
-      var regex = new RegExp(this.otag + "\\_i" + this.ctag +
-        "\\s*([\\s\\S]+?)" + this.otag + "\\/i" + this.ctag, "mg");
-
-      // for each {{_i}}{{/i}} section do...
-      return html.replace(regex, function(match, content) {
-        var translationMode;
-
-        if (that.pragmas && that.pragmas["TRANSLATION-HINT"] && that.pragmas["TRANSLATION-HINT"].mode) {
-          translationMode = that.pragmas["TRANSLATION-HINT"].mode;
-        } else if (context['_TRANSLATION-HINT_mode']) {
-          translationMode = context['_TRANSLATION-HINT_mode'];
-        }
-
-        var params = content;
-
-        if (translationMode) {
-          params = {
-            text: content,
-            mode: translationMode
-          };
-        }
-
-        return _(params);
-      });
-    },
-
     /*
       Renders inverted (^) and normal (#) sections
     */