diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 81b22a7e1f..efe46eb784 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -1655,13 +1655,12 @@ bool UndoReadFromDisk(CBlockUndo& blockundo, const CBlockIndex* pindex)
 }
 
 /** Abort with a message */
-// TODO: AbortNode() should take bilingual_str userMessage parameter.
-static bool AbortNode(const std::string& strMessage, const std::string& userMessage = "", unsigned int prefix = 0)
+static bool AbortNode(const std::string& strMessage, const bilingual_str& userMessage = bilingual_str(), unsigned int prefix = 0)
 {
     SetMiscWarning(strMessage);
     LogPrintf("*** %s\n", strMessage);
     if (!userMessage.empty()) {
-        uiInterface.ThreadSafeMessageBox(Untranslated(userMessage), "", CClientUIInterface::MSG_ERROR | prefix);
+        uiInterface.ThreadSafeMessageBox(userMessage, "", CClientUIInterface::MSG_ERROR | prefix);
     } else {
         uiInterface.ThreadSafeMessageBox(_("Error: A fatal internal error occurred, see debug.log for details"), "", CClientUIInterface::MSG_ERROR | CClientUIInterface::MSG_NOPREFIX);
     }
@@ -1669,7 +1668,7 @@ static bool AbortNode(const std::string& strMessage, const std::string& userMess
     return false;
 }
 
-static bool AbortNode(BlockValidationState& state, const std::string& strMessage, const std::string& userMessage = "", unsigned int prefix = 0)
+static bool AbortNode(BlockValidationState& state, const std::string& strMessage, const bilingual_str& userMessage = bilingual_str(), unsigned int prefix = 0)
 {
     AbortNode(strMessage, userMessage, prefix);
     return state.Error(strMessage);
@@ -2336,7 +2335,7 @@ bool CChainState::FlushStateToDisk(
         if (fDoFullFlush || fPeriodicWrite) {
             // Depend on nMinDiskSpace to ensure we can write block index
             if (!CheckDiskSpace(GetBlocksDir())) {
-                return AbortNode(state, "Disk space is too low!", _("Error: Disk space is too low!").translated, CClientUIInterface::MSG_NOPREFIX);
+                return AbortNode(state, "Disk space is too low!", _("Error: Disk space is too low!"), CClientUIInterface::MSG_NOPREFIX);
             }
             {
                 LOG_TIME_MILLIS_WITH_CATEGORY("write block and undo data to disk", BCLog::BENCH);
@@ -2384,7 +2383,7 @@ bool CChainState::FlushStateToDisk(
             // an overestimation, as most will delete an existing entry or
             // overwrite one. Still, use a conservative safety factor of 2.
             if (!CheckDiskSpace(GetDataDir(), 48 * 2 * 2 * CoinsTip().GetCacheSize())) {
-                return AbortNode(state, "Disk space is too low!", _("Error: Disk space is too low!").translated, CClientUIInterface::MSG_NOPREFIX);
+                return AbortNode(state, "Disk space is too low!", _("Error: Disk space is too low!"), CClientUIInterface::MSG_NOPREFIX);
             }
             // Flush the chainstate (which may refer to block index entries).
             if (!CoinsTip().Flush())
@@ -3291,7 +3290,7 @@ static bool FindBlockPos(FlatFilePos &pos, unsigned int nAddSize, unsigned int n
         bool out_of_space;
         size_t bytes_allocated = BlockFileSeq().Allocate(pos, nAddSize, out_of_space);
         if (out_of_space) {
-            return AbortNode("Disk space is too low!", _("Error: Disk space is too low!").translated, CClientUIInterface::MSG_NOPREFIX);
+            return AbortNode("Disk space is too low!", _("Error: Disk space is too low!"), CClientUIInterface::MSG_NOPREFIX);
         }
         if (bytes_allocated != 0 && fPruneMode) {
             fCheckForPruning = true;
@@ -3315,7 +3314,7 @@ static bool FindUndoPos(BlockValidationState &state, int nFile, FlatFilePos &pos
     bool out_of_space;
     size_t bytes_allocated = UndoFileSeq().Allocate(pos, nAddSize, out_of_space);
     if (out_of_space) {
-        return AbortNode(state, "Disk space is too low!", _("Error: Disk space is too low!").translated, CClientUIInterface::MSG_NOPREFIX);
+        return AbortNode(state, "Disk space is too low!", _("Error: Disk space is too low!"), CClientUIInterface::MSG_NOPREFIX);
     }
     if (bytes_allocated != 0 && fPruneMode) {
         fCheckForPruning = true;