diff --git a/doc/local.mk b/doc/local.mk
index a38771d49b1..96743b3de12 100644
--- a/doc/local.mk
+++ b/doc/local.mk
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 # along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # If adding a language, update the following variables, and info_TEXINFOS.
-MANUAL_LANGUAGES = de es fr it pt_BR ru zh_CN
-COOKBOOK_LANGUAGES = de es fr it ko pt_BR ru sk sv zh_CN
+MANUAL_LANGUAGES =
+COOKBOOK_LANGUAGES =
 
 # Arg1: A list of languages codes.
 # Arg2: The file name stem.
@@ -35,24 +35,7 @@ lang_to_texinfo = $(foreach lang,$(1),%D%/$(2).$(lang).texi)
 # Automake does not understand GNU Make non-standard extensions,
 # unfortunately, so we cannot use the above patsubst-based function here.
 info_TEXINFOS = %D%/guix.texi			\
-  %D%/guix.de.texi				\
-  %D%/guix.es.texi				\
-  %D%/guix.fr.texi				\
-  %D%/guix.it.texi				\
-  %D%/guix.pt_BR.texi				\
-  %D%/guix.ru.texi				\
-  %D%/guix.zh_CN.texi				\
-  %D%/guix-cookbook.texi			\
-  %D%/guix-cookbook.de.texi			\
-  %D%/guix-cookbook.es.texi			\
-  %D%/guix-cookbook.fr.texi			\
-  %D%/guix-cookbook.it.texi			\
-  %D%/guix-cookbook.ko.texi			\
-  %D%/guix-cookbook.pt_BR.texi			\
-  %D%/guix-cookbook.ru.texi			\
-  %D%/guix-cookbook.sk.texi			\
-  %D%/guix-cookbook.sv.texi			\
-  %D%/guix-cookbook.zh_CN.texi
+  %D%/guix-cookbook.texi
 
 %C%_guix_TEXINFOS = \
   $(OS_CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TEXI) \
diff --git a/guix/self.scm b/guix/self.scm
index 2a997653599..b3adc9f84dd 100644
--- a/guix/self.scm
+++ b/guix/self.scm
@@ -318,14 +318,7 @@ DOMAIN, a gettext domain."
           (define (translate-tmp-texi po source output)
             "Translate Texinfo file SOURCE using messages from PO, and write
 the result to OUTPUT."
-            (invoke #+(file-append po4a-minimal "/bin/po4a")
-              "--no-update"
-              "--variable" (string-append "localized=" output)
-              "--variable" (string-append "master=" source)
-              "--variable" (string-append "po=" po)
-              "--variable" (string-append "pot=" (string-append (tmpnam) ".pot"))
-              "--destdir=."
-              #+(file-append documentation-po "/po4a.cfg")))
+            #t)
 
           (define (canonicalize-whitespace str)
             ;; Change whitespace (newlines, etc.) in STR to #\space.