diff --git a/lib/libalpm/po/Makevars b/lib/libalpm/po/Makevars
index d7515220..8f48284c 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/po/Makevars
+++ b/lib/libalpm/po/Makevars
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ subdir = po
 top_builddir = ../../../
 
 # These options get passed to xgettext.
-XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = \
+XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = --no-location \
   --keyword=_ --flag=_:1:c-format \
   --keyword=N_ --flag=N_:1:c-format
 
diff --git a/po/Makevars b/po/Makevars
index 38a4692e..5dc31a4a 100644
--- a/po/Makevars
+++ b/po/Makevars
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ subdir = po
 top_builddir = ../
 
 # These options get passed to xgettext.
-XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = \
+XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = --no-location \
   --keyword=_ --flag=_:1:c-format \
   --keyword=N_ --flag=N_:1:c-format