diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 743558619..cb9b0e33a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1111,9 +1111,7 @@ set (LANGUAGES
   )
 foreach (lang_ ${LANGUAGES})
   file (TO_NATIVE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/translations/wsjtx_${lang_}.ts ts_)
-  if (EXISTS "${ts_}")
-    list (APPEND TS_FILES ${ts_})
-  endif ()
+  list (APPEND TS_FILES ${ts_})
   set (qt_translations_ "${QT_TRANSLATIONS_DIR}/qtbase_${lang_}.qm")
   if (EXISTS "${qt_translations_}")
     add_custom_command (