diff --git a/awx/main/notifications/custom_notification_base.py b/awx/main/notifications/custom_notification_base.py
index a99c710e95..2abff26f62 100644
--- a/awx/main/notifications/custom_notification_base.py
+++ b/awx/main/notifications/custom_notification_base.py
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Ansible, Inc.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 
-from django.utils.encoding import smart_text
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
-
 
 class CustomNotificationBase(object):
     DEFAULT_MSG = "{{ job_friendly_name }} #{{ job.id }} '{{ job.name }}' {{ job.status }}: {{ url }}"
-    DEFAULT_BODY = smart_text(_("{{ job_friendly_name }} #{{ job.id }} had status {{ job.status }}, view details at {{ url }}\n\n{{ job_summary_dict }}"))
+    DEFAULT_BODY = "{{ job_friendly_name }} #{{ job.id }} had status {{ job.status }}, view details at {{ url }}\n\n{{ job_summary_dict }}"
 
     default_messages = {"started": {"message": DEFAULT_MSG, "body": None},
                         "success": {"message": DEFAULT_MSG, "body": None},