diff --git a/tools/sort_strings.pl b/tools/sort_strings.pl
index 64ee423ef..494f1f626 100755
--- a/tools/sort_strings.pl
+++ b/tools/sort_strings.pl
@@ -40,13 +40,6 @@ EOF
 
 for my $key ( sort (keys %tr) ) {
 	my $value = $tr{$key};
-	$value =~ s/ä/ä/g;
-	$value =~ s/ö/ö/g;
-	$value =~ s/ü/ü/g;
-	$value =~ s/Ä/Ä/g;
-	$value =~ s/Ö/Ö/g;
-	$value =~ s/Ü/Ãœ/g;
-	$value =~ s/ß/ß/g;
 	$value =~ s/\'/\\\'/g;
 	print FILE "\'$key\' => \'$value\',\n";
 }