diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 3a5ebeb10..520dfddc4 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -6,26 +6,17 @@ data/50-mutter-wayland.xml
 data/50-mutter-windows.xml
 data/org.gnome.mutter.gschema.xml.in
 data/org.gnome.mutter.wayland.gschema.xml.in
-src/backends/meta-input-settings.c
 src/backends/meta-monitor.c
-src/backends/meta-monitor-manager.c
-src/backends/x11/meta-clutter-backend-x11.c
-src/compositor/compositor.c
-src/compositor/meta-background.c
 src/core/bell.c
 src/core/display.c
-src/core/keybindings.c
 src/core/meta-context-main.c
 src/core/meta-pad-action-mapper.c
 src/core/meta-profiler.c
 src/core/mutter.c
 src/core/prefs.c
 src/core/util.c
-src/core/window.c
 src/core/workspace.c
 src/wayland/meta-wayland-tablet-pad.c
 src/x11/meta-x11-display.c
-src/x11/meta-x11-errors.c
 src/x11/meta-x11-selection-input-stream.c
 src/x11/window-props.c
-src/x11/xprops.c