diff --git a/po/POTFILES.skip b/po/POTFILES.skip
index 1d04d21e2b..173331d025 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.skip
+++ b/po/POTFILES.skip
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ app/widgets/gtkscalebutton.c
 build/windows/installer/lang/setup.isl.in
 data/tags/gimp-tags-default.xml.in
 data/tips/gimp-tips.xml.in
+desktop/org.gimp.GIMP.appdata.xml.in
 desktop/gimp.desktop.in
 libgimp
 libgimpbase