diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fc3fce49f..f87234a19 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -432,11 +432,7 @@ foreach(TRANSLATION ${TRANSLATION_SRC})
 		COMMAND mkdir -p ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/translations \\; ${LRELEASE} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/${TRANSLATION} -qm ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${TRANSLATION_QM}
 		DEPENDS ${TRANSLATION}
 		)
-	ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(
-		generate_translations_${TRANSLATION_TARGET}
-		DEPENDS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${TRANSLATION_QM}
-		)
-	ADD_DEPENDENCIES(subsurface generate_translations_${TRANSLATION_TARGET})
+	ADD_DEPENDENCIES(subsurface ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${TRANSLATION_QM})
 	set(TRANSLATIONS ${TRANSLATIONS} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${TRANSLATION_QM})
 endforeach()