diff --git a/Tools/i18n/pygettext.py b/Tools/i18n/pygettext.py
index 546874c..f48ee78 100755
--- a/Tools/i18n/pygettext.py
+++ b/Tools/i18n/pygettext.py
@@ -283,38 +283,34 @@
         options = self.__options
         timestamp = time.ctime(time.time())
         # common header
-        try:
-            sys.stdout = fp
-            # The time stamp in the header doesn't have the same format
-            # as that generated by xgettext...
-            print pot_header % {'time': timestamp, 'version': __version__}
-            for k, v in self.__messages.items():
-                if not options.writelocations:
-                    pass
-                # location comments are different b/w Solaris and GNU:
-                elif options.locationstyle == options.SOLARIS:
-                    for filename, lineno in v:
-                        d = {'filename': filename, 'lineno': lineno}
-                        print _('# File: %(filename)s, line: %(lineno)d') % d
-                elif options.locationstyle == options.GNU:
-                    # fit as many locations on one line, as long as the
-                    # resulting line length doesn't exceeds 'options.width'
-                    locline = '#:'
-                    for filename, lineno in v:
-                        d = {'filename': filename, 'lineno': lineno}
-                        s = _(' %(filename)s:%(lineno)d') % d
-                        if len(locline) + len(s) <= options.width:
-                            locline = locline + s
-                        else:
-                            print locline
-                            locline = "#:" + s
-                    if len(locline) > 2:
-                        print locline
-                # TBD: sorting, normalizing
-                print 'msgid', normalize(k)
-                print 'msgstr ""\n'
-        finally:
-            sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
+        # The time stamp in the header doesn't have the same format
+        # as that generated by xgettext...
+        print >>fp, pot_header % {'time': timestamp, 'version': __version__}
+        for k, v in self.__messages.items():
+            if not options.writelocations:
+                pass
+            # location comments are different b/w Solaris and GNU:
+            elif options.locationstyle == options.SOLARIS:
+                for filename, lineno in v:
+                    d = {'filename': filename, 'lineno': lineno}
+                    print >>fp, _('# File: %(filename)s, line: %(lineno)d') % d
+            elif options.locationstyle == options.GNU:
+                # fit as many locations on one line, as long as the
+                # resulting line length doesn't exceeds 'options.width'
+                locline = '#:'
+                for filename, lineno in v:
+                    d = {'filename': filename, 'lineno': lineno}
+                    s = _(' %(filename)s:%(lineno)d') % d
+                    if len(locline) + len(s) <= options.width:
+                        locline = locline + s
+                    else:
+                        print >>fp, locline
+                        locline = "#:" + s
+                if len(locline) > 2:
+                    print >>fp, locline
+            # TBD: sorting, normalizing
+            print >>fp, 'msgid', normalize(k)
+            print >>fp, 'msgstr ""\n'
 
 
 def main():