diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 405204c78a7a6d..b80d12dfe6873f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ jobs:
         VCPKG_ROOT: ${{github.workspace}}\compat\vcbuild\vcpkg
       run: |
         mkdir -p artifacts &&
-        eval "$(make -n artifacts-tar INCLUDE_DLLS_IN_ARTIFACTS=YesPlease ARTIFACTS_DIRECTORY=artifacts 2>&1 | grep ^tar)"
+        eval "$(make -n artifacts-tar INCLUDE_DLLS_IN_ARTIFACTS=YesPlease NO_GETTEXT=YesPlease ARTIFACTS_DIRECTORY=artifacts 2>&1 | grep ^tar)"
     - name: zip up tracked files
       run: git archive -o artifacts/tracked.tar.gz HEAD
     - name: upload tracked files and build artifacts
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c3565fc0f8f7df..c1d46140311938 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3146,9 +3146,12 @@ ifneq ($(INCLUDE_DLLS_IN_ARTIFACTS),)
 OTHER_PROGRAMS += $(shell echo *.dll t/helper/*.dll)
 endif
 
-artifacts-tar:: $(ALL_COMMANDS_TO_INSTALL) $(SCRIPT_LIB) $(OTHER_PROGRAMS) \
-		GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS $(TEST_PROGRAMS) $(test_bindir_programs) \
-		$(MOFILES)
+ARTIFACTS_TO_TAR = $(ALL_COMMANDS_TO_INSTALL) $(SCRIPT_LIB) $(OTHER_PROGRAMS) \
+		GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS $(TEST_PROGRAMS) $(test_bindir_programs)
+ifndef NO_GETTEXT
+ARTIFACTS_TO_TAR += $(MOFILES)
+endif
+artifacts-tar:: $(ARTIFACTS_TO_TAR)
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)templates $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) \
 		SHELL_PATH='$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' PERL_PATH='$(PERL_PATH_SQ)'
 	test -n "$(ARTIFACTS_DIRECTORY)"