diff --git a/tools/i18n/sync-translations b/tools/i18n/sync-translations
index 911262055c..67a126382e 100755
--- a/tools/i18n/sync-translations
+++ b/tools/i18n/sync-translations
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ find ./locale \
     -regex '^\./locale/.*/\(mobile\|translations\).json$' \
     -exec ./tools/i18n/unescape-contents {} \;
 
-./manage.py compilemessages
+./manage.py compilemessages --ignore='*'
 ./tools/i18n/process-mobile-i18n
diff --git a/tools/lib/provision_inner.py b/tools/lib/provision_inner.py
index 843342d24d..da6520e99a 100755
--- a/tools/lib/provision_inner.py
+++ b/tools/lib/provision_inner.py
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ def main(options: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
             print("No need to regenerate the test DB.")
 
         if options.is_force or need_to_run_compilemessages():
-            run(["./manage.py", "compilemessages"])
+            run(["./manage.py", "compilemessages", "--ignore=*"])
             write_new_digest(
                 "last_compilemessages_hash",
                 compilemessages_paths(),
diff --git a/tools/update-prod-static b/tools/update-prod-static
index 894ff900e9..24143808ff 100755
--- a/tools/update-prod-static
+++ b/tools/update-prod-static
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ run(["./tools/webpack", "--quiet"])
 run(["./manage.py", "collectstatic", "-v0", "--noinput"])
 
 # Compile translation strings to generate `.mo` files.
-run(["./manage.py", "compilemessages", "-v0"])
+run(["./manage.py", "compilemessages", "-v0", "--ignore=*"])
 
 # Needed if PRODUCTION
 os.makedirs("prod-static", exist_ok=True)