diff --git a/_po4a-tools/po4a-create-all-targets.sh b/_po4a-tools/po4a-create-all-targets.sh
index 07d5fd929..fb078074f 100755
--- a/_po4a-tools/po4a-create-all-targets.sh
+++ b/_po4a-tools/po4a-create-all-targets.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ process_with_po4a () {
OPTION=("skip_array")
elif [[ $ext == html || "$filename" == *'-index' ]] ; then # '-index.md' has a markdown extension but is actually html and should be processed as such by po4a
FILE_FORMAT=xml
- OPTION=("ontagerror=silent" "translated=" "attributes=src alt")
+ OPTION=("ontagerror=silent" "attributes=src alt")
elif [ $ext == md ] ; then
FILE_FORMAT=text
OPTION=("markdown")
diff --git a/_po4a-tools/po4a-update-templates.sh b/_po4a-tools/po4a-update-templates.sh
index 77f5731a3..dfe3b50c5 100755
--- a/_po4a-tools/po4a-update-templates.sh
+++ b/_po4a-tools/po4a-update-templates.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ while IFS= read -r -d '' doc ; do
OPTION=("skip_array")
elif [[ $ext == html || "$filename" == *'-index' ]] ; then # '-index.md' has a markdown extension but is actually html and should be processed as such by po4a
FILE_FORMAT=xml
- OPTION=("ontagerror=silent" "translated=" "attributes=src alt")
+ OPTION=("ontagerror=silent" "attributes=src alt")
elif [ $ext == md ] ; then
FILE_FORMAT=text
OPTION=("markdown")