diff --git a/assets/js/admin/settings-views-html-settings-tax.js b/assets/js/admin/settings-views-html-settings-tax.js
index 77a470eb46a..46346bf09a1 100644
--- a/assets/js/admin/settings-views-html-settings-tax.js
+++ b/assets/js/admin/settings-views-html-settings-tax.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 					jQuery(this).hide();
 			});
 		} else {
-			alert('<?php echo esc_js( __( 'No row(s) selected', 'woocommerce' ) ); ?>');
+			alert( data.strings.no_rows_selected );
 		}
 		return false;
 	});
diff --git a/includes/admin/settings/views/html-settings-tax.php b/includes/admin/settings/views/html-settings-tax.php
index 974e68c589c..aad30d89eaf 100644
--- a/includes/admin/settings/views/html-settings-tax.php
+++ b/includes/admin/settings/views/html-settings-tax.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ wp_localize_script( 'wc-settings-tax', 'htmlSettingsTaxLocalizeScript', array(
 	'countries'     => $countries,
 	'states'        => $states,
 	'strings'       => array(
+		'no_rows_selected' => __( 'No row(s) selected', 'woocommerce' ),
 		'csv_data_cols' => array(
 			__( 'Country Code', 'woocommerce' ),
 			__( 'State Code', 'woocommerce' ),