diff --git a/Messages.sh b/Messages.sh
index eafc34632f..71937cf436 100755
--- a/Messages.sh
+++ b/Messages.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 $EXTRACTRC `find ./core -name \*.rc -o -name \*.ui | grep -v '/tests/'` >> rc.cpp || exit 11
-$XGETTEXT `find ./core -name \*.h -o -name \*.cpp | grep -v '/tests/'` `find ./core/app -name \*.h.cmake.in` -o $podir/digikam.pot
-rm -f rc.cpp
+$XGETTEXT rc.cpp `find ./core -name \*.h -o -name \*.cpp | grep -v '/tests/'` `find ./core/app -name \*.h.cmake.in` -o $podir/digikam.pot