diff --git a/misc/translator/LangInstaller.pm b/misc/translator/LangInstaller.pm
index ef6a5b154a..904f77cf87 100644
--- a/misc/translator/LangInstaller.pm
+++ b/misc/translator/LangInstaller.pm
@@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ sub translate_yaml {
             for my $field ( @translatable ) {                                           # each translatable field
                 if ( @multiline and grep { $_ eq $field } @multiline ) {                # multiline fields, only notices ATM
                     foreach my $line ( @{$row->{$field}} ) {
-                        next if ( $line =~ /^(\s*<\/*\w+\s*>|\s*\[.*\]|\s*<.*\[.*\].*>|\s*)$/ );     # discard pure html, TT, empty
                         my @ttvar;
                         while ( $line =~ s/(<<.*?>>|\[\%.*?\%\]|<.*?>)/\%s/ ) {         # put placeholders, save matches
                             my $var = $1;
diff --git a/misc/translator/xgettext-installer b/misc/translator/xgettext-installer
index ecb134b14a..45d2a872e5 100755
--- a/misc/translator/xgettext-installer
+++ b/misc/translator/xgettext-installer
@@ -110,9 +110,6 @@ for my $file (@files) {
                     foreach my $line ( @{ $row->{$field} } ) {
                         $mulc++;
 
-                        # discard pure html, TT, empty
-                        next if ( $line =~ /^(\s*<\/*\w+\s*>|\s*\[.*\]|\s*<.*\[.*\].*>|\s*)$/ );
-
                         # put placeholders
                         $line =~ s/(<<.*?>>|\[\%.*?\%\]|<.*?>)/\%s/g;