diff --git a/tools/generatepot.sh b/tools/generatepot.sh
index 47ce8a2..302ff35 100755
--- a/tools/generatepot.sh
+++ b/tools/generatepot.sh
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ for f in doc/build/gettext/*.pot; do
     fn=$(basename $f .pot)
     # If a pot file corresponds to a directory, we use the pot file as-is.
     if [ -d doc/source/$fn ]; then
-        # Remove UUIDs, those are not necessary and change too often
-        msgcat --use-first --sort-by-file $f | \
-            awk '$0 !~ /^\# [a-z0-9]+$/' > doc/source/locale/doc-$fn.pot
+        msgcat --use-first --sort-by-file $f > doc/source/locale/doc-$fn.pot
         rm $f
     else
         has_other=1
@@ -58,9 +56,8 @@ done
 # "git add ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale" will only add a
 # single pot file for all top-level files.
 if [ "$has_other" = "1" ]; then
-    # Remove UUIDs, those are not necessary and change too often
-    msgcat --use-first --sort-by-file doc/build/gettext/*.pot | \
-        awk '$0 !~ /^\# [a-z0-9]+$/' > doc/source/locale/doc.pot
+    msgcat --use-first --sort-by-file doc/build/gettext/*.pot \
+        > doc/source/locale/doc.pot
 fi
 
 rm -rf doc/build/gettext/