diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9f026b0e03..9eed2f0f3e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ commands =
   # Run bashate during pep8 runs to ensure violations are caught by
   # the check and gate queues.
   {toxinidir}/tools/run_bashate.sh {toxinidir}
-  # Check that .po and .pot files are valid:
-  bash -c "find ironic -type f -regex '.*\.pot?' -print0|xargs -0 -n 1 msgfmt --check-format -o /dev/null"
   # Check the *.rst files
   doc8 README.rst CONTRIBUTING.rst doc/source --ignore D001