diff --git a/i18n/validate.py b/i18n/validate.py
index 967a9eab821c476a71dae866cf6acb61f0f80487..49eaa5fd6f171f3b50a732e88b942837897bebe1 100644
--- a/i18n/validate.py
+++ b/i18n/validate.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ def msgfmt_check_po_file(filename):
     if err != '':
         log.info('\n' + out)
         log.warn('\n' + err)
-    assert not err
 
 
 def tags_in_string(msg):