diff --git a/scripts/update_translations.php b/scripts/update_translations.php
index 73f2a3a7ef..45fe460a04 100755
--- a/scripts/update_translations.php
+++ b/scripts/update_translations.php
@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@ foreach ($languages as $language) {
         file_put_contents($pofile, $new_file);
         // --backup=off is workaround for Mac OS X fail
         system(sprintf('msgmerge -U --backup=off %s %s', $pofile, $statusnet_pot));
+        /* Do not rebuild/add .mo files by default
+         * FIXME: should be made a command line parameter.
         system(sprintf('msgfmt -o %s %s', $mofile, $pofile));
+         */
     } else {
         echo "Unchanged - ".$code."\n";
     }