diff --git a/core/frontend/services/redirects/settings.js b/core/frontend/services/redirects/settings.js
index 245df8c00a..2006d24d6e 100644
--- a/core/frontend/services/redirects/settings.js
+++ b/core/frontend/services/redirects/settings.js
@@ -4,11 +4,16 @@ const moment = require('moment-timezone');
 const yaml = require('js-yaml');
 const Promise = require('bluebird');
 const validation = require('./validation');
+const tpl = require('@tryghost/tpl');
 
 const config = require('../../../shared/config');
-const i18n = require('../../../shared/i18n');
 const errors = require('@tryghost/errors');
 
+const messages = {
+    jsonParse: 'Could not parse JSON: {context}.',
+    yamlParse: 'YAML input cannot be a plain string. Check the format of your YAML file.'
+};
+
 /**
  * Redirect configuration object
  * @typedef {Object} RedirectConfig
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ const parseRedirectsFile = (content, ext) => {
             redirects = JSON.parse(content);
         } catch (err) {
             throw new errors.BadRequestError({
-                message: i18n.t('errors.general.jsonParse', {context: err.message})
+                message: tpl(messages.jsonParse, {context: err.message})
             });
         }
 
@@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ const parseRedirectsFile = (content, ext) => {
         // Here we check if the user made this mistake.
         if (typeof configYaml === 'string') {
             throw new errors.BadRequestError({
-                message: i18n.t('errors.api.redirects.yamlParse'),
+                message: messages.yamlParse,
                 help: 'https://ghost.org/docs/themes/routing/#redirects'
             });
         }
diff --git a/core/shared/i18n/translations/en.json b/core/shared/i18n/translations/en.json
index 627cffc0e4..41f71eb461 100644
--- a/core/shared/i18n/translations/en.json
+++ b/core/shared/i18n/translations/en.json
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@
             },
             "images": {
                 "invalidDimensions": "Could not fetch image dimensions."
-            },
-            "redirectsWrongFormat": "Incorrect redirects file format."
+            }
         },
         "config": {
             "couldNotLocateConfigFile": {
@@ -157,8 +156,7 @@
             "maintenance": "Site is currently undergoing maintenance, please wait a moment then retry.",
             "maintenanceUrlService": "Site is starting up, please wait a moment then retry.",
             "requiredOnFuture": "This will be required in future. Please see {link}",
-            "internalError": "Something went wrong.",
-            "jsonParse": "Could not parse JSON: {context}."
+            "internalError": "Something went wrong."
         },
         "mail": {
             "incompleteMessageData": {