diff --git a/spa/include/spa/support/i18n.h b/spa/include/spa/support/i18n.h
index 59427b605..37e1c6af2 100644
--- a/spa/include/spa/support/i18n.h
+++ b/spa/include/spa/support/i18n.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct spa_i18n_methods {
 };
 
 static inline const char *
-spa_i18n_gettext(struct spa_i18n *i18n, const char *msgid)
+spa_i18n_text(struct spa_i18n *i18n, const char *msgid)
 {
 	const char *res = msgid;
 	if (SPA_LIKELY(i18n != NULL))
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ spa_i18n_gettext(struct spa_i18n *i18n, const char *msgid)
 }
 
 static inline const char *
-spa_i18n_ngettext(struct spa_i18n *i18n, const char *msgid,
+spa_i18n_ntext(struct spa_i18n *i18n, const char *msgid,
 		const char *msgid_plural, unsigned long int n)
 {
 	const char *res = n == 1 ? msgid : msgid_plural;
diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/acp/compat.h b/spa/plugins/alsa/acp/compat.h
index a9580fe07..96846bd01 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/acp/compat.h
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/acp/compat.h
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ static inline char *pa_readlink(const char *p) {
 
 extern struct spa_i18n *acp_i18n;
 
-#define _(String)  spa_i18n_gettext(acp_i18n, String)
+#define _(String)  spa_i18n_text(acp_i18n, String)
 #ifdef gettext_noop
 #define N_(String) gettext_noop(String)
 #else