diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/remake/remake_git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/remake/remake_git.bb
index 7e9857e9..42c4d48 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/remake/remake_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/remake/remake_git.bb
@@ -13,13 +13,11 @@ DEPENDS += "readline"
 PROVIDES += "make"
 
 do_configure_prepend() {
+    # remove the default LINGUAS since we are not going to generate languages
+    rm po/LINGUAS
+    touch po/LINGUAS
     # create config.rpath which required by configure.ac
     autopoint || touch config.rpath
 }
 
-do_compile_prepend() {
-    # updating .po and other gnu build files
-    make update
-}
-
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"