diff --git a/qt/Makefile b/qt/Makefile
index 969c58f19..25e4def96 100644
--- a/qt/Makefile
+++ b/qt/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ all: check
 	./tools/build_ui.sh
 	@touch $@
 
-.build/i18n: i18n/po $(wildcard i18n/po/desktop/*/anki.po) $(wildcard i18n/ftl/core/*/*.ftl)
+.build/i18n: $(wildcard i18n/po/desktop/*/anki.po) $(wildcard i18n/ftl/core/*/*.ftl)
 	(cd i18n && ./pull-git && ./build-mo-files && ./copy-qt-files && ./copy-ftl-files)
 	@touch $@