diff --git a/MakeTAGS b/MakeTAGS
index 8371acd452..d7a993fb27 100644
--- a/MakeTAGS
+++ b/MakeTAGS
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ $P/libc.pot: $(all-pot)
 	sed -e 's/VERSION/$(version)/' \
 	    -e "s/DATE/`date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'$$disp`/" \
 	    po/header.pot > $@.new
-	$(XGETTEXT) -d - --omit-header -n -s $^ >> $@.new
+	$(XGETTEXT) -d - --omit-header -n $^ >> $@.new
 	mv -f $@.new $@
 ifeq ($(with-cvs),yes)
 	test ! -d CVS || cvs $(CVSOPTS) ci -m'Regenerated from source files' $@