diff --git a/.ci/linters/po/incomplete_translation_linter.R b/.ci/linters/po/incomplete_translation_linter.R
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--- a/.ci/linters/po/incomplete_translation_linter.R
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-incomplete_translation_linter <- function(po_file) {
-  res = system2("msgfmt", c("--statistics", po_file, "-o", tempfile()), stdout=TRUE, stderr=TRUE)
-  if (any(grepl("untranslated message|fuzzy translation", res))) {
-    cat(sprintf("In %s, found incomplete translations:\n%s\n", po_file, paste(res, collapse="\n")))
-    stop("Please fix.")
-  }
-}