diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 13040c44462fd80db8c01c10bc2d12ec509b792c..be08000c49bf4623609eee8156b9ec53a2adcb0a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # run tests
 tests:
 	python3 gen_resources.py
-	python3 gen_translations.py --lrelease
+	python3 gen_translations.py
 	pytest -q -s --disable-warnings ${TESTS_FILTER}
 
 # check
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ build:
 	if [ -d "./build" ]; then rm -r build/*; fi
 	if [ -d "./dist" ]; then rm -r dist/*; fi
 	python3 gen_resources.py
-	python3 gen_translations.py --lrelease
+	python3 gen_translations.py
 	python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
 	twine check dist/*