diff --git a/gtk/gtkbuilder-menus.c b/gtk/gtkbuilder-menus.c
index 2bb03587d0..f4b0ffcf19 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkbuilder-menus.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkbuilder-menus.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ gtk_builder_menu_end_element (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
       state->string = NULL;
 
       /* do the translation if necessary */
-      if (state->translatable && state->parser_data->domain)
+      if (state->translatable)
         {
           const gchar *translated;