diff --git a/jenkins/scripts/common_translation_update.sh b/jenkins/scripts/common_translation_update.sh
index 9138a26bfb..c6ac2f724f 100644
--- a/jenkins/scripts/common_translation_update.sh
+++ b/jenkins/scripts/common_translation_update.sh
@@ -61,21 +61,28 @@ function setup_horizon {
     tx set --auto-local -r ${project}.${project}-js-translations \
         "${project}/locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/djangojs.po" \
         --source-lang en \
-        --source-file ${project}/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/djangojs.po \
+        --source-file ${project}/locale/djangojs.pot \
         -t PO --execute
 
     # Horizon Translations
     tx set --auto-local -r ${project}.${project}-translations \
         "${project}/locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/django.po" \
         --source-lang en \
-        --source-file ${project}/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po \
+        --source-file ${project}/locale/django.pot \
         -t PO --execute
 
     # OpenStack Dashboard Translations
     tx set --auto-local -r ${project}.openstack-dashboard-translations \
         "openstack_dashboard/locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/django.po" \
         --source-lang en \
-        --source-file openstack_dashboard/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po \
+        --source-file openstack_dashboard/locale/django.pot \
+        -t PO --execute
+
+    # OpenStack Dashboard JavaScript Translations
+    tx set --auto-local -r ${project}.openstack-dashboard-js-translations \
+        "openstack_dashboard/locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/djangojs.po" \
+        --source-lang en \
+        --source-file openstack_dashboard/locale/djangojs.pot \
         -t PO --execute
 }
 
@@ -430,22 +437,3 @@ function compress_manual_po_files {
         mv "${i}.tmp" "$i"
     done
 }
-
-# Reduce size of po files. This reduces the amount of content imported
-# and makes for fewer imports.
-# Some projects have no pot files (see function compress_po_files) but
-# use the English po file as source. For these projects we should not
-# touch the English po file. This way we can reconstruct the po files
-# using "msgmerge EnglishPOTFILE POFILE -o COMPLETEPOFILE".
-function compress_non_en_po_files {
-    local directory=$1
-
-    for i in $(find $directory -name *.po); do
-        if [[ $i =~ "/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/" ]] ; then
-            continue
-        fi
-        msgattrib --translated --no-location --sort-output "$i" \
-            --output="${i}.tmp"
-        mv "${i}.tmp" "$i"
-    done
-}
diff --git a/jenkins/scripts/propose_translation_update_horizon.sh b/jenkins/scripts/propose_translation_update_horizon.sh
index 0384bd16cc..4bac98784b 100755
--- a/jenkins/scripts/propose_translation_update_horizon.sh
+++ b/jenkins/scripts/propose_translation_update_horizon.sh
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ tx pull -f
 ./run_tests.sh --makemessages -V
 
 # Compress downloaded po files
-compress_non_en_po_files "horizon"
-compress_non_en_po_files "openstack_dashboard"
+compress_po_files "horizon"
+compress_po_files "openstack_dashboard"
 
 # Add all changed files to git
 git add horizon/locale/* openstack_dashboard/locale/*
diff --git a/jenkins/scripts/upstream_translation_horizon.sh b/jenkins/scripts/upstream_translation_horizon.sh
index 2aae3949de..66a119682a 100755
--- a/jenkins/scripts/upstream_translation_horizon.sh
+++ b/jenkins/scripts/upstream_translation_horizon.sh
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ setup_horizon
 ./run_tests.sh --makemessages -V
 
 # Add all changed files to git
-git add ${PROJECT}/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/*
-git add openstack_dashboard/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/*
+git add ${PROJECT}/locale/*pot
+git add openstack_dashboard/locale/*pot
 
 if [ $(git diff --cached | egrep -v "(POT-Creation-Date|^[\+\-]#|^\+{3}|^\-{3})" | egrep -c "^[\-\+]") -gt 0 ]; then
     # Push source file changes to transifex