diff --git a/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/mdns/Server.c b/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/mdns/Server.c
index 084a8147a2..a85638be2c 100644
--- a/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/mdns/Server.c
+++ b/ports/raspberrypi/common-hal/mdns/Server.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ STATIC void srv_txt_cb(struct mdns_service *service, void *ptr) {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < self->num_txt_records; i++) {
         res = mdns_resp_add_service_txtitem(service, self->txt_records[i], strlen(self->txt_records[i]));
         if (res != ERR_OK) {
-            mp_raise_RuntimeError(translate("Failed to add service TXT record"));
+            mp_raise_RuntimeError(MP_ERROR_TEXT("Failed to add service TXT record"));
             return;
         }
     }
diff --git a/shared-bindings/mdns/Server.c b/shared-bindings/mdns/Server.c
index 563bf2a140..a8bf60ad42 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/mdns/Server.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/mdns/Server.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t mdns_server_advertise_service(mp_uint_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *
     for (size_t i = 0; i < num_txt_records; i++) {
         mp_obj_t txt_record = mp_obj_subscr(txt_records, MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(i), MP_OBJ_SENTINEL);
         if (!mp_obj_is_str_or_bytes(txt_record)) {
-            mp_raise_ValueError(translate("Failed to add service TXT record; non-string or bytes found in txt_records"));
+            mp_raise_ValueError(MP_ERROR_TEXT("Failed to add service TXT record; non-string or bytes found in txt_records"));
         }
         txt_records_array[i] = mp_obj_str_get_str(txt_record);
     }