diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/commits.js b/app/assets/javascripts/commits.js
index 54e2589c707c6e5c56d6ff20164863cd9330f9f7..7dd75d03ab9184b908f69f0f74925877cc036b77 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/commits.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/commits.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import $ from 'jquery';
-import { pluralize } from './lib/utils/text_utility';
+import { n__ } from '~/locale';
 import { localTimeAgo } from './lib/utils/datetime_utility';
 import Pager from './pager';
 import axios from './lib/utils/axios_utils';
@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@ export default class CommitsList {
           .first()
           .find('li.commit').length,
       );
+
       $commitsHeadersLast
         .find('span.commits-count')
-        .text(`${commitsCount} ${pluralize('commit', commitsCount)}`);
+        .text(n__('%d commit', '%d commits', commitsCount));
     }
 
     localTimeAgo($processedData.find('.js-timeago'));
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/diffs/components/diff_gutter_avatars.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/diffs/components/diff_gutter_avatars.vue
index af5550aec3b27504d669427ca535354d9c2c3826..7ede7a4f430916c2ff829db91ec10415dec7761f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/diffs/components/diff_gutter_avatars.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/diffs/components/diff_gutter_avatars.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <script>
+import { n__ } from '~/locale';
 import Icon from '~/vue_shared/components/icon.vue';
-import { pluralize, truncate } from '~/lib/utils/text_utility';
+import { truncate } from '~/lib/utils/text_utility';
 import UserAvatarImage from '~/vue_shared/components/user_avatar/user_avatar_image.vue';
 import { GlTooltipDirective } from '@gitlab/ui';
 import { COUNT_OF_AVATARS_IN_GUTTER, LENGTH_OF_AVATAR_TOOLTIP } from '../constants';
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ export default {
         return '';
       }
 
-      return pluralize(`${this.moreCount} more comment`, this.moreCount);
+      return n__('%d more comment', '%d more comments', this.moreCount);
     },
   },
   methods: {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/datetime_utility.js b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/datetime_utility.js
index 062d21ed247467f465e79522ee31b16d2efd5734..a4715789337321f10ebfe0e758e88a4cdd80bc4c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/datetime_utility.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/datetime_utility.js
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import $ from 'jquery';
 import _ from 'underscore';
 import timeago from 'timeago.js';
 import dateFormat from 'dateformat';
-import { pluralize } from './text_utility';
-import { languageCode, s__, __ } from '../../locale';
+import { languageCode, s__, __, n__ } from '../../locale';
 
 window.timeago = timeago;
 
@@ -231,14 +230,10 @@ export const timeIntervalInWords = intervalInSeconds => {
   const secondsInteger = parseInt(intervalInSeconds, 10);
   const minutes = Math.floor(secondsInteger / 60);
   const seconds = secondsInteger - minutes * 60;
-  let text = '';
-
-  if (minutes >= 1) {
-    text = `${minutes} ${pluralize('minute', minutes)} ${seconds} ${pluralize('second', seconds)}`;
-  } else {
-    text = `${seconds} ${pluralize('second', seconds)}`;
-  }
-  return text;
+  const secondsText = n__('%d second', '%d seconds', seconds);
+  return minutes >= 1
+    ? [n__('%d minute', '%d minutes', minutes), secondsText].join(' ')
+    : secondsText;
 };
 
 export const dateInWords = (date, abbreviated = false, hideYear = false) => {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/text_utility.js b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/text_utility.js
index d38f59b58611d95d308a4b9e2c7055fb4d4ce747..d13fbeb5fc743634b455cb0f05de389841339639 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/text_utility.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/text_utility.js
@@ -28,14 +28,6 @@ export const highCountTrim = count => (count > 99 ? '99+' : count);
 export const humanize = string =>
   string.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + string.replace(/_/g, ' ').slice(1);
 
-/**
- * Adds an 's' to the end of the string when count is bigger than 0
- * @param {String} str
- * @param {Number} count
- * @returns {String}
- */
-export const pluralize = (str, count) => str + (count > 1 || count === 0 ? 's' : '');
-
 /**
  * Replaces underscores with dashes
  * @param {*} str
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 97defd4274275afb8e9b1ae7fffd45502bc76e2e..9607be988bea1252e8b573b177ec16c25673ab54 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -95,11 +95,21 @@ msgid_plural "%d metrics"
 msgstr[0] ""
 msgstr[1] ""
 
+msgid "%d minute"
+msgid_plural "%d minutes"
+msgstr[0] ""
+msgstr[1] ""
+
 msgid "%d more comment"
 msgid_plural "%d more comments"
 msgstr[0] ""
 msgstr[1] ""
 
+msgid "%d second"
+msgid_plural "%d seconds"
+msgstr[0] ""
+msgstr[1] ""
+
 msgid "%d staged change"
 msgid_plural "%d staged changes"
 msgstr[0] ""
diff --git a/spec/frontend/lib/utils/text_utility_spec.js b/spec/frontend/lib/utils/text_utility_spec.js
index dc886d0db3b48ea84bdee5cb0f952afa519d7ad5..b6f1aef9ce4ebdafdf8f92a14932bb8e1c0a89cf 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/lib/utils/text_utility_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/lib/utils/text_utility_spec.js
@@ -29,20 +29,6 @@ describe('text_utility', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('pluralize', () => {
-    it('should pluralize given string', () => {
-      expect(textUtils.pluralize('test', 2)).toBe('tests');
-    });
-
-    it('should pluralize when count is 0', () => {
-      expect(textUtils.pluralize('test', 0)).toBe('tests');
-    });
-
-    it('should not pluralize when count is 1', () => {
-      expect(textUtils.pluralize('test', 1)).toBe('test');
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('dasherize', () => {
     it('should replace underscores with dashes', () => {
       expect(textUtils.dasherize('foo_bar_foo')).toEqual('foo-bar-foo');