--- a/po/Makefile.inn
+++ b/po/Makefile.inn
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ all-no:
 # otherwise packages like GCC can not be built if only parts of the source
 # have been downloaded.
 
-$(srcdir)/$(PACKAGE).pot: $(POTFILES) $(srcdir)/POTFILES.in
+$(srcdir)/$(PACKAGE).pot: #$(POTFILES) $(srcdir)/POTFILES.in
 	$(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(NLS_TEXTDOMAIN) --directory=$(top_srcdir) \
 	  --add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ \
 	  --files-from=$(srcdir)/POTFILES.in \
