diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index d56deeb080..ce155bdb87 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
   scripts/header-ifdef.py \
   scripts/hvsupport.py \
   scripts/hyperv_wmi_generator.py \
-  scripts/minimize-po.py \
   scripts/mock-noinline.py \
   scripts/prohibit-duplicate-header.py \
   scripts/reformat-news.py \
diff --git a/po/Makefile.am b/po/Makefile.am
index a31f8ba584..c4c474ccb8 100644
--- a/po/Makefile.am
+++ b/po/Makefile.am
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@ update-po: $(POTFILE)
 	  echo "Minimizing $$lang content" && \
 	  $(MSGMERGE) --no-location --no-fuzzy-matching --sort-output \
 	    $$lang.po $(POTFILE) | \
-	  $(SED) $(SED_PO_FIXUP_ARGS) | \
-	  $(RUNUTF8) $(PYTHON) $(top_srcdir)/scripts/minimize-po.py > \
-	    $(srcdir)/$$lang.po-t && \
+	  $(SED) $(SED_PO_FIXUP_ARGS) > $(srcdir)/$$lang.po-t && \
 	  mv $$lang.po-t $$lang.po
 	done
 
diff --git a/scripts/minimize-po.py b/scripts/minimize-po.py
deleted file mode 100755
index c305229721..0000000000
--- a/scripts/minimize-po.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-# Lesser General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-# License along with this library.  If not, see
-# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-import re
-import sys
-
-block = []
-msgstr = False
-empty = False
-unused = False
-fuzzy = False
-
-for line in sys.stdin:
-    if line.isspace():
-        if not empty and not unused and not fuzzy:
-            for b in block:
-                print(b, end='')
-
-        block = []
-        msgstr = False
-        fuzzy = False
-        block.append(line)
-    else:
-        if line.startswith("msgstr"):
-            msgstr = True
-            empty = True
-
-        if line[0] == '#' and "fuzzy" in line:
-            fuzzy = True
-        if line.startswith("#~ msgstr"):
-            unused = True
-        if msgstr and re.search(r'".+"', line):
-            empty = False
-
-        block.append(line)
-
-if not empty and not unused and not fuzzy:
-    for b in block:
-        print(b, end='')