diff --git a/make/gettext.mk b/make/gettext.mk
index a94752f0..dac41d44 100644
--- a/make/gettext.mk
+++ b/make/gettext.mk
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extract: $(GETTEXT_POT)
 clean-mo:
 	$(RM) -f *.mo *.tmp
 
-$(GETTEXT_PROJECT_POT): $(GETTEXT_INPUT_FILES)
+$(GETTEXT_PROJECT_POT):
 	xgettext --from-code=utf-8 --package-name $(PROJECT) --package-version $(DIST_VERSION) \
 		--default-domain $(PROJECT) $(addprefix -k,$(GETTEXT_KEYWORDS)) \
 		--output $@.tmp $(XGETTEXT_EXTRA_OPTS) $(GETTEXT_INPUT_FILES)