diff --git a/src/js/_enqueues/admin/media.js b/src/js/_enqueues/admin/media.js
index 8b603205f6..c992b5d3a4 100644
--- a/src/js/_enqueues/admin/media.js
+++ b/src/js/_enqueues/admin/media.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * @requires jQuery
  */
 
-/* global ajaxurl, attachMediaBoxL10n, _wpMediaGridSettings, showNotice, findPosts */
+/* global ajaxurl, _wpMediaGridSettings, showNotice, findPosts */
 
 ( function( $ ){
 	window.findPosts = {
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@
 				spinner.removeClass( 'is-active' );
 			}).done( function( x ) {
 				if ( ! x.success ) {
-					$( '#find-posts-response' ).text( attachMediaBoxL10n.error );
+					$( '#find-posts-response' ).text( wp.i18n.__( 'An error has occurred. Please reload the page and try again.' ) );
 				}
 
 				$( '#find-posts-response' ).html( x.data );
 			}).fail( function() {
-				$( '#find-posts-response' ).text( attachMediaBoxL10n.error );
+				$( '#find-posts-response' ).text( wp.i18n.__( 'An error has occurred. Please reload the page and try again.' ) );
 			});
 		}
 	};
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index bc762340ca..3ff287211a 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -1357,13 +1357,7 @@ function wp_default_scripts( $scripts ) {
 
 		$scripts->add( 'media-grid', "/wp-includes/js/media-grid$suffix.js", array( 'media-editor' ), false, 1 );
 		$scripts->add( 'media', "/wp-admin/js/media$suffix.js", array( 'jquery' ), false, 1 );
-		did_action( 'init' ) && $scripts->localize(
-			'media',
-			'attachMediaBoxL10n',
-			array(
-				'error' => __( 'An error has occurred. Please reload the page and try again.' ),
-			)
-		);
+		$scripts->set_translations( 'media' );
 
 		$scripts->add( 'image-edit', "/wp-admin/js/image-edit$suffix.js", array( 'jquery', 'jquery-ui-core', 'json2', 'imgareaselect', 'wp-a11y' ), false, 1 );
 		$scripts->set_translations( 'image-edit' );