diff --git a/src/strings.js b/src/strings.js
index 16f2df8a..4d98c1e2 100644
--- a/src/strings.js
+++ b/src/strings.js
@@ -6,21 +6,13 @@
 //      pythons gettext might be a reasonable approach.
 var I18N = {
     Errors: {
-        Failure:        "Sorry, but Seadragon Ajax can't run on your browser!\n" +
-                        "Please try using IE 7 or Firefox 3.\n",
         Dzc:            "Sorry, we don't support Deep Zoom Collections!",
         Dzi:            "Hmm, this doesn't appear to be a valid Deep Zoom Image.",
         Xml:            "Hmm, this doesn't appear to be a valid Deep Zoom Image.",
-        Empty:          "You asked us to open nothing, so we did just that.",
         ImageFormat:    "Sorry, we don't support {0}-based Deep Zoom Images.",
         Security:       "It looks like a security restriction stopped us from " +
                         "loading this Deep Zoom Image.",
-        Status:         "This space unintentionally left blank ({0} {1}).",
-        Unknown:        "Whoops, something inexplicably went wrong. Sorry!"
-    },
-
-    Messages: {
-        Loading:        "Loading..."
+        Status:         "This space unintentionally left blank ({0} {1})."
     },
 
     Tooltips: {