diff --git a/do-friendica-release.sh b/do-friendica-release.sh
index 417c109..60040c6 100755
--- a/do-friendica-release.sh
+++ b/do-friendica-release.sh
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ echo "cleaning unneded stuff from the addon directory"
 ( cd "$RELEASEADDONS" || exit
 rm -rf .git .tx 
 rm -rf .editorconfig  .gitattributes  .gitignore
+rm */lang/*/messages.po
 )
 
 #  create tar archives