diff --git a/src/_locales/en/messages.json b/src/_locales/en/messages.json
index c3b552293..890e4d427 100644
--- a/src/_locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/src/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -683,10 +683,6 @@
     "message": "bytes",
     "description": ""
   },
-  "genericBy": {
-    "message": "by",
-    "description": "to be used in sentences such as '{what} by {whom}, i.e. 'Font Awesome by Dave Gandy'"
-  },
   "contextMenuTemporarilyAllowLargeMediaElements": {
     "message": "Temporarily allow large media elements",
     "description": "A context menu entry, present when large media elements have been blocked on the current site"
diff --git a/src/about.html b/src/about.html
index 6502e3a35..855170e96 100644
--- a/src/about.html
+++ b/src/about.html
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
             <li><a href="https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/graphs/contributors">Github</a>
             <li><a href="https://crowdin.net/project/ublock">Crowdin</a>
         </ul>
-    <li><a href="https://github.com/bestiejs/punycode.js" target="_blank">Punycode.js</a> <span data-i18n="genericBy"></span> <a href="https://github.com/mathiasbynens">Mathias Bynens</a>
-    <li><a href="http://fontawesome.io" target="_blank">Font Awesome</a> <span data-i18n="genericBy"></span> <a href="https://github.com/davegandy">Dave Gandy</a>
+    <li><a href="https://github.com/bestiejs/punycode.js" target="_blank">Punycode.js</a> by <a href="https://github.com/mathiasbynens">Mathias Bynens</a>
+    <li><a href="http://fontawesome.io" target="_blank">Font Awesome</a> by <a href="https://github.com/davegandy">Dave Gandy</a>
 </ul>
 
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