diff --git a/src/nvim/po/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nvim/po/CMakeLists.txt
index e9e9832b42..030ad325f0 100644
--- a/src/nvim/po/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/nvim/po/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ if(HAVE_WORKING_LIBINTL AND GETTEXT_FOUND AND XGETTEXT_PRG AND ICONV_PRG)
     OUTPUT ${NVIM_POT}
     COMMAND ${XGETTEXT_PRG} -o ${NVIM_POT} --default-domain=nvim
       --add-comments --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --keyword=NGETTEXT:1,2
+      --no-location
       -D ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} -D ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
       ${NVIM_RELATIVE_SOURCES} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/runtime/scripts/optwin.lua
     VERBATIM