diff --git a/devscripts/i18n.py b/devscripts/i18n.py
index 3f72baeb7..94653dbeb 100644
--- a/devscripts/i18n.py
+++ b/devscripts/i18n.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class I18N_Utils(object):
         old_pot_file = self.get_pot_filename() + '.old'
         shutil.copy2(pot_file, old_pot_file)
         cmds = [
-            'xgettext', '-d', self.GETTEXT_DOMAIN, '-j', '-k', '-ktr', '--from-code=utf-8', '-F', '-o',
+            'xgettext', '-d', self.GETTEXT_DOMAIN, '-k', '-ktr', '--from-code=utf-8', '-F', '-o',
             pot_file]
         cmds.extend(glob.glob('youtube_dl/*.py') + glob.glob('youtube_dl/*/*.py'))
         self._run_subprocess(cmds)