diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b597c7cc0..746e8747c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -57,13 +57,14 @@ $(COCKPIT_REPO_STAMP): Makefile
 LINGUAS=$(basename $(notdir $(wildcard po/*.po)))
 
 po/$(PACKAGE_NAME).js.pot:
-	xgettext --default-domain=$(PACKAGE_NAME) --output=$@ --language=C --keyword= \
+	xgettext --default-domain=$(PACKAGE_NAME) --output=- --language=C --keyword= \
 		--keyword=_:1,1t --keyword=_:1c,2,2t --keyword=C_:1c,2 \
 		--keyword=N_ --keyword=NC_:1c,2 \
 		--keyword=gettext:1,1t --keyword=gettext:1c,2,2t \
 		--keyword=ngettext:1,2,3t --keyword=ngettext:1c,2,3,4t \
 		--keyword=gettextCatalog.getString:1,3c --keyword=gettextCatalog.getPlural:2,3,4c \
-		--from-code=UTF-8 $$(find src/ -name '*.[jt]s' -o -name '*.[jt]sx')
+		--from-code=UTF-8 $$(find src/ -name '*.[jt]s' -o -name '*.[jt]sx') | \
+		sed '/^#/ s/, c-format//' > $@
 
 po/$(PACKAGE_NAME).html.pot: $(NODE_MODULES_TEST) $(COCKPIT_REPO_STAMP)
 	pkg/lib/html2po.js -o $@ $$(find src -name '*.html')