diff --git a/src/js/_enqueues/admin/tags.js b/src/js/_enqueues/admin/tags.js
index d652ad06d9..a0708b3f42 100644
--- a/src/js/_enqueues/admin/tags.js
+++ b/src/js/_enqueues/admin/tags.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * @output wp-admin/js/tags.js
  */
 
- /* global ajaxurl, wpAjax, tagsl10n, showNotice, validateForm */
+ /* global ajaxurl, wpAjax, showNotice, validateForm */
 
 jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
 
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
 					$('a.tag-link-' + data.match(/tag_ID=(\d+)/)[1]).remove();
 
 				} else if ( '-1' == r ) {
-					$('#ajax-response').empty().append('<div class="error"><p>' + tagsl10n.noPerm + '</p></div>');
+					$('#ajax-response').empty().append('<div class="error"><p>' + wp.i18n.__( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to do that.' ) + '</p></div>');
 					tr.children().css('backgroundColor', '');
 
 				} else {
-					$('#ajax-response').empty().append('<div class="error"><p>' + tagsl10n.broken + '</p></div>');
+					$('#ajax-response').empty().append('<div class="error"><p>' + wp.i18n.__( 'Something went wrong.' ) + '</p></div>');
 					tr.children().css('backgroundColor', '');
 				}
 			});
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index 7ebb7e3a43..e2c1956196 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -1193,14 +1193,7 @@ function wp_default_scripts( $scripts ) {
 
 	if ( is_admin() ) {
 		$scripts->add( 'admin-tags', "/wp-admin/js/tags$suffix.js", array( 'jquery', 'wp-ajax-response' ), false, 1 );
-		did_action( 'init' ) && $scripts->localize(
-			'admin-tags',
-			'tagsl10n',
-			array(
-				'noPerm' => __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to do that.' ),
-				'broken' => __( 'Something went wrong.' ),
-			)
-		);
+		$scripts->set_translations( 'admin-tags' );
 
 		$scripts->add( 'admin-comments', "/wp-admin/js/edit-comments$suffix.js", array( 'wp-lists', 'quicktags', 'jquery-query' ), false, 1 );
 		did_action( 'init' ) && $scripts->localize(