diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 169ecd43d6..4ff9a2e204 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ configure_file(
 add_custom_target(uninstall
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake)
 
-set(_MODULES gnc-core-utils gnc-engine gnc-app-utils gnc-module gnc-backend-xml-utils gnucash-guile)
+set(_MODULES gnc-core-utils gnc-engine gnc-app-utils gnc-module gnc-locale-tax gnc-backend-xml-utils gnucash-guile)
 
 if (WITH_SQL)
   list(APPEND _MODULES gnc-backend-sql)
diff --git a/gnucash/gnome/CMakeLists.txt b/gnucash/gnome/CMakeLists.txt
index c8e319e45f..5bb7551171 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnome/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gnucash/gnome/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ target_link_libraries(gnc-gnome
     gncmod-register-core
     gncmod-gnome-utils
     gnc-engine
+    gnc-locale-tax
     gnucash-guile
     ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
     PkgConfig::GTK3
diff --git a/gnucash/gnome/dialog-tax-info.c b/gnucash/gnome/dialog-tax-info.c
index 464c693955..787ba6e2a7 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnome/dialog-tax-info.c
+++ b/gnucash/gnome/dialog-tax-info.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "Account.h"
 #include "gnc-ui-util.h"
 #include "dialog-utils.h"
+#include "gnc-locale-tax.h"
 #include "gnc-prefs.h"
 #include "gnc-tree-view-account.h"
 #include "gnc-component-manager.h"
@@ -145,10 +146,8 @@ typedef struct
 static void
 initialize_getters (void)
 {
-    if (!gnc_module_load("gnucash/locale/tax", 0))
-    {
-        return;
-    }
+    gnc_locale_tax_init();
+
     getters.payer_name_source = scm_c_eval_string ("gnc:txf-get-payer-name-source");
     getters.form              = scm_c_eval_string ("gnc:txf-get-form");
     getters.description       = scm_c_eval_string ("gnc:txf-get-description");
diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeLists.txt b/libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 81562e4f7b..96eafc2c01 100644
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ set(app_utils_ALL_SOURCES ${app_utils_SOURCES} ${app_utils_HEADERS} ${app_utils_
 set(app_utils_ALL_LIBRARIES
     gnc-engine
     gnc-module
+    gnc-locale-tax
     gnucash-guile
     ${GIO_LDFLAGS}
     ${LIBXML2_LDFLAGS}
diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.c b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.c
index 924119bf8d..483d532bf9 100644
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.c
+++ b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-ui-util.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include "gnc-engine.h"
 #include "gnc-euro.h"
 #include "gnc-hooks.h"
+#include "gnc-locale-tax.h"
 #include "gnc-session.h"
 #include "engine-helpers.h"
 #include "gnc-locale-utils.h"
@@ -625,14 +626,9 @@ gnc_ui_account_get_tax_info_string (const Account *account)
 
         if (get_form == SCM_UNDEFINED)
         {
-            GNCModule module;
             const gchar *tax_module;
-            /* load the tax info
-               Note that the module "gnucash/locale/tax" will handle selecting
-               the proper locale specific tax info */
-            module = gnc_module_load ("gnucash/locale/tax", 0);
-
-            g_return_val_if_fail (module, NULL);
+            /* load the tax info */
+            gnc_locale_tax_init ();
 
             get_form = scm_c_eval_string
                        ("(false-if-exception gnc:txf-get-form)");
diff --git a/libgnucash/tax/CMakeLists.txt b/libgnucash/tax/CMakeLists.txt
index 82751602e1..b0f0560fa0 100644
--- a/libgnucash/tax/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libgnucash/tax/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 add_subdirectory(test)
 
-set(locale_tax_SOURCES gncmod-locale-tax.c)
+set(locale_tax_SOURCES gnc-locale-tax.c gnc-locale-tax.h)
 
 # Add dependency on config.h
 set_source_files_properties (${locale_tax_SOURCES} PROPERTIES OBJECT_DEPENDS ${CONFIG_H})
 
-add_library(gncmod-locale-tax ${locale_tax_SOURCES})
-target_link_libraries(gncmod-locale-tax gnc-module ${GLIB2_LDFLAGS} ${GUILE_LDFLAGS})
+add_library(gnc-locale-tax ${locale_tax_SOURCES})
+target_link_libraries(gnc-locale-tax gnc-module ${GLIB2_LDFLAGS} ${GUILE_LDFLAGS})
 
-target_include_directories(gncmod-locale-tax
+target_include_directories(gnc-locale-tax
+    PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
     PRIVATE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/common ${GUILE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 if (APPLE)
-  set_target_properties (gncmod-locale-tax PROPERTIES INSTALL_NAME_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/gnucash")
+  set_target_properties (gnc-locale-tax PROPERTIES INSTALL_NAME_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}")
 endif()
 
-install(TARGETS gncmod-locale-tax
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/gnucash
-  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/gnucash
+install(TARGETS gnc-locale-tax
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
   RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
 # No headers to install
 
diff --git a/libgnucash/tax/gnc-locale-tax.c b/libgnucash/tax/gnc-locale-tax.c
index 10751575e9..f40e223186 100644
--- a/libgnucash/tax/gnc-locale-tax.c
+++ b/libgnucash/tax/gnc-locale-tax.c
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /*********************************************************************
- * gncmod-locale-tax.c
- * module definition/initialization for us tax info
+ * gnc-locale-tax.c
+ * hack to load the proper guile based tax system
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2001 Linux Developers Group, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Geert Janssens <geert@kobaltwit.be>
  *********************************************************************/
 /********************************************************************\
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or    *
@@ -28,45 +28,15 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <locale.h>
-#include <gmodule.h>
 #include <libguile.h>
+#include <glib.h>
 
-#include "gnc-module.h"
-#include "gnc-module-api.h"
+#include "gnc-locale-tax.h"
 
-GNC_MODULE_API_DECL(libgncmod_locale_tax)
 
-/* version of the gnc module system interface we require */
-int libgncmod_locale_tax_gnc_module_system_interface = 0;
 
-/* module versioning uses libtool semantics. */
-int libgncmod_locale_tax_gnc_module_current  = 0;
-int libgncmod_locale_tax_gnc_module_revision = 0;
-int libgncmod_locale_tax_gnc_module_age      = 0;
-
-
-char *
-libgncmod_locale_tax_gnc_module_path(void)
-{
-    return g_strdup("gnucash/locale/tax");
-}
-
-char *
-libgncmod_locale_tax_gnc_module_description(void)
-{
-    return g_strdup("Locale dependent income tax information. Currently supported are 'us' and 'de_DE'. Default is 'us'");
-}
-
-static void
-lmod(char * mn)
-{
-    char * form = g_strdup_printf("(use-modules %s)\n", mn);
-    scm_c_eval_string(form);
-    g_free(form);
-}
-
-int
-libgncmod_locale_tax_gnc_module_init(int refcount)
+void
+gnc_locale_tax_init(void)
 {
     /* This is a very simple hack that loads the (new, special) German
        tax definition file in a German locale, or (default) loads the
@@ -80,14 +50,7 @@ libgncmod_locale_tax_gnc_module_init(int refcount)
     gboolean is_de_DE = (strncmp(thislocale, "de_DE", 5) == 0);
 # endif /* G_OS_WIN32 */
     if (is_de_DE)
-        lmod("(gnucash locale de_DE tax)");
+        scm_c_use_module("gnucash locale de_DE tax");
     else
-        lmod("(gnucash locale us tax)");
-    return TRUE;
-}
-
-int
-libgncmod_locale_tax_gnc_module_end(int refcount)
-{
-    return TRUE;
+        scm_c_use_module("gnucash locale us tax");
 }
diff --git a/libgnucash/tax/gnc-locale-tax.h b/libgnucash/tax/gnc-locale-tax.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e6de189a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libgnucash/tax/gnc-locale-tax.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*********************************************************************
+ * gnc-locale-tax.h -
+ * a simple hack to load the proper guile base tax system
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019 Geert Janssens <geert@kobaltwit.be>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, contact:
+ *
+ * Free Software Foundation           Voice:  +1-617-542-5942
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor    Fax:    +1-617-542-2652
+ * Boston, MA  02110-1301,  USA       gnu@gnu.org
+ ********************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef GNC_LOCALE_TAX_H_
+#define GNC_LOCALE_TAX_H_
+
+void gnc_locale_tax_init (void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/libgnucash/tax/test/CMakeLists.txt b/libgnucash/tax/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 5156048a74..eceeced2a8 100644
--- a/libgnucash/tax/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libgnucash/tax/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,22 +1,10 @@
-set(LOCALE_TAX_TEST_INCLUDE_DIRS "")
-set(LOCALE_TAX_TEST_LIBS "")
+set(LOCALE_TAX_TEST_INCLUDE_DIRS ${GUILE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+set(LOCALE_TAX_TEST_LIBS
+    gnc-engine
+    gnc-locale-tax
+    ${GUILE_LDFLAGS})
 
-gnc_add_test(test-link-module-tax-us test-link-module.c
-  LOCALE_TAX_TEST_INCLUDE_DIRS LOCALE_TAX_TEST_LIBS
-)
+gnc_add_test_with_guile(test-link-module-tax-us test-link-module.c
+LOCALE_TAX_TEST_INCLUDE_DIRS LOCALE_TAX_TEST_LIBS)
 
-# FIXME why is this test not run ?
-#set(GUILE_DEPENDS
-#  gnc-core-utils
-#  scm-gnc-module
-#)
-#
-#gnc_add_scheme_test_targets(scm-test-load-tax-us-module
-#  "test-load-locale-tax-module.scm"
-#  "tests"
-#  "${GUILE_DEPENDS}"
-#  FALSE
-#)
-#gnc_add_scheme_test(test-load-locale-tax-module.scm)
-
-set_dist_list(test_locale_tax_DIST CMakeLists.txt test-link-module.c test-load-locale-tax-module.scm)
+set_dist_list(test_locale_tax_DIST CMakeLists.txt test-link-module.c)
diff --git a/libgnucash/tax/test/test-link-module.c b/libgnucash/tax/test/test-link-module.c
index e1c54dcc55..58e07e944b 100644
--- a/libgnucash/tax/test/test-link-module.c
+++ b/libgnucash/tax/test/test-link-module.c
@@ -18,9 +18,30 @@
  *                                                                  *
 \********************************************************************/
 
+#include "gnc-locale-tax.h"
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <qof.h>
+#include <libguile.h>
+
+static void
+guile_main (void *closure, int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    gnc_locale_tax_init();
+
+    scm_c_lookup ("gnc:txf-get-description");
+}
+
 int
-main(int argc, char ** argv)
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+    qof_init (); 			/* Initialize the GObject system */
+    qof_log_init_filename_special ("stderr"); /* Init the log system */
+    g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL); 	/* initialize test program */
+    //qof_log_set_level("gnc", G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG);
+    g_test_bug_base("https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id="); /* init the bugzilla URL */
+    g_setenv ("GNC_UNINSTALLED", "1", TRUE);
+    scm_boot_guile (argc, argv, guile_main, NULL);
     return 0;
 }
-
diff --git a/libgnucash/tax/test/test-load-locale-tax-module.scm b/libgnucash/tax/test/test-load-locale-tax-module.scm
deleted file mode 100755
index 336142ba33..0000000000
--- a/libgnucash/tax/test/test-load-locale-tax-module.scm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-(display "  testing locale tax info module load ... ")
-(use-modules (gnucash gnc-module))
-(gnc:module-system-init)
-
-(if (gnc:module-load "gnucash/locale/tax" 0)
-    (begin 
-      (display "ok\n")
-      (exit 0))
-    (begin 
-      (display "failed\n")
-      (exit -1)))
diff --git a/libgnucash/tax/us/txf.scm b/libgnucash/tax/us/txf.scm
index c08866132b..7065a826df 100644
--- a/libgnucash/tax/us/txf.scm
+++ b/libgnucash/tax/us/txf.scm
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
 
 (use-modules (gnucash engine))
+(use-modules (gnucash core-utils))
 (use-modules (gnucash app-utils))
 (use-modules (srfi srfi-2))
 
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index c54d4bbf63..511f81b1c6 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ libgnucash/gnc-module/gnc-module.c
 libgnucash/tax/de_DE/tax.scm
 libgnucash/tax/de_DE/txf-help.scm
 libgnucash/tax/de_DE/txf.scm
-libgnucash/tax/gncmod-locale-tax.c
+libgnucash/tax/gnc-locale-tax.c
 libgnucash/tax/us/tax.scm
 libgnucash/tax/us/txf-help.scm
 libgnucash/tax/us/txf.scm