diff --git a/osu.Desktop/Windows/WindowsAssociationManager.cs b/osu.Desktop/Windows/WindowsAssociationManager.cs
index c8066cabda99..6f53c65ca9ce 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/Windows/WindowsAssociationManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop/Windows/WindowsAssociationManager.cs
@@ -148,15 +148,7 @@ private static void updateDescriptions(LocalisationManager? localisation)
             foreach (var association in uri_associations)
                 association.UpdateDescription(getLocalisedString(association.Description));
 
-            string getLocalisedString(LocalisableString s)
-            {
-                if (localisation == null)
-                    return s.ToString();
-
-                var b = localisation.GetLocalisedBindableString(s);
-                b.UnbindAll();
-                return b.Value;
-            }
+            string getLocalisedString(LocalisableString s) => localisation?.GetLocalisedString(s) ?? s.ToString();
         }
 
         #region Native interop
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Input/TabletSettings.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Input/TabletSettings.cs
index 4c9320c2a6df..00ffbc1120cd 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Input/TabletSettings.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Input/TabletSettings.cs
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ private void load(OsuColour colours, LocalisationManager localisation)
                             if (RuntimeInfo.OS == RuntimeInfo.Platform.Windows || RuntimeInfo.OS == RuntimeInfo.Platform.Linux)
                             {
                                 t.NewLine();
-                                var formattedSource = MessageFormatter.FormatText(localisation.GetLocalisedBindableString(TabletSettingsStrings.NoTabletDetectedDescription(
+                                var formattedSource = MessageFormatter.FormatText(localisation.GetLocalisedString(TabletSettingsStrings.NoTabletDetectedDescription(
                                     RuntimeInfo.OS == RuntimeInfo.Platform.Windows
                                         ? @"https://opentabletdriver.net/Wiki/FAQ/Windows"
-                                        : @"https://opentabletdriver.net/Wiki/FAQ/Linux")).Value);
+                                        : @"https://opentabletdriver.net/Wiki/FAQ/Linux")));
                                 t.AddLinks(formattedSource.Text, formattedSource.Links);
                             }
                         }),