diff --git a/gui/gui.pro b/gui/gui.pro
index 678ff009b..0ef54b270 100644
--- a/gui/gui.pro
+++ b/gui/gui.pro
@@ -82,7 +82,3 @@ win32 {
     LIBS += -lshlwapi -lhtmlhelp
 }
 
-# run lrelease before build
-lrelease.commands = lrelease gui.pro
-QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += lrelease
-PRE_TARGETDEPS += lrelease