diff --git a/PdfHandler_body.php b/PdfHandler_body.php
index 00d75eb..494dc9c 100644
--- a/PdfHandler_body.php
+++ b/PdfHandler_body.php
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ class PdfHandler extends ImageHandler {
 	}
 	
 	protected function doThumbError( $width, $height, $msg ) {
-		wfLoadExtensionMessages( 'PdfHandler' );
 		return new MediaTransformError( 'thumbnail_error',
 			$width, $height, wfMsgForContent( $msg ) );
 	}