diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/schema.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/schema.js
index 88cb0437c..d5987fcd9 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/schema.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/schema.js
@@ -464,22 +464,22 @@ Zotero.Schema = new function(){
 			}
 			installLocation = installLocation.path;
 			
-			let reinitOptions = { fromSchemaUpdate: true, noReinit: true };
+			let initOpts = { fromSchemaUpdate: true };
 			
 			// Update files
 			switch (mode) {
 			case 'styles':
-				yield Zotero.Styles.reinit(reinitOptions);
+				yield Zotero.Styles.init(initOpts);
 				var updated = yield _updateBundledFilesAtLocation(installLocation, mode);
 			
 			case 'translators':
-				yield Zotero.Translators.reinit(reinitOptions);
+				yield Zotero.Translators.init(initOpts);
 				var updated = yield _updateBundledFilesAtLocation(installLocation, mode);
 			
 			default:
-				yield Zotero.Translators.reinit(reinitOptions);
+				yield Zotero.Translators.init(initOpts);
 				let up1 = yield _updateBundledFilesAtLocation(installLocation, 'translators', true);
-				yield Zotero.Styles.reinit(reinitOptions);
+				yield Zotero.Styles.init(initOpts);
 				let up2 = yield _updateBundledFilesAtLocation(installLocation, 'styles');
 				var updated = up1 || up2;
 			}
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translation/translators.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translation/translators.js
index d8b2d2979..7c4ca242b 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translation/translators.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/translation/translators.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ var TRANSLATOR_TYPES = {"import":1, "export":2, "web":4, "search":8};
 Zotero.Translators = new function() {
 	var _cache, _translators;
 	var _initialized = false;
+	var _initializationDeferred = false;
 	
 	/**
 	 * Initializes translator cache, loading all translator metadata into memory
@@ -42,18 +43,17 @@ Zotero.Translators = new function() {
 	 * @param {Object} [options.metadataCache] - Translator metadata keyed by filename, if already
 	 *     available (e.g., in updateBundledFiles()), to avoid unnecesary file reads
 	 */
-	this.reinit = Zotero.Promise.coroutine(function* (options = {}) {
+	this.init = Zotero.Promise.coroutine(function* (options = {}) {
+		if (_initializationDeferred && !options.reinit) {
+			return _initializationDeferred.promise;
+		}
+		_initializationDeferred = Zotero.Promise.defer();
+		
 		// Wait until bundled files have been updated, except when this is called by the schema update
 		// code itself
 		if (!options.fromSchemaUpdate) {
 			yield Zotero.Schema.schemaUpdatePromise;
 		}
-		// Before bundled files can be updated, any existing translators need to be loaded, but other
-		// init() calls from elsewhere should still wait on schemaUpdatePromise, so init()/lazy()
-		// can't be used. Instead, the schema update code calls reinit() with noReinit.
-		else if (options.noReinit && _initialized) {
-			return;
-		}
 		
 		Zotero.debug("Initializing translators");
 		var start = new Date;
@@ -211,12 +211,18 @@ Zotero.Translators = new function() {
 			_cache[type].sort(cmp);
 		}
 		
+		_initializationDeferred.resolve();
 		_initialized = true;
 		
 		Zotero.debug("Cached " + numCached + " translators in " + ((new Date) - start) + " ms");
 	});
-	this.init = Zotero.lazy(this.reinit);
-
+	
+	
+	this.reinit = function (options = {}) {
+		return this.init(Object.assign({}, options, { reinit: true }));
+	};
+	
+	
 	/**
 	 * Loads a translator from JSON, with optional code
 	 *