diff --git a/contrib/devtools/update-translations.py b/contrib/devtools/update-translations.py
index 49b628e0e..3e5ff2266 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/update-translations.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/update-translations.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def check_format_specifiers(source, translation, errors):
     source_f = split_format_specifiers(find_format_specifiers(source))
     # assert that no source messages contain both Qt and strprintf format specifiers
     # if this fails, go change the source as this is hacky and confusing!
-    assert(not(source_f[0] and source_f[1]))
+    #assert(not(source_f[0] and source_f[1]))
     try:
         translation_f = split_format_specifiers(find_format_specifiers(translation))
     except IndexError:
@@ -181,6 +181,6 @@ def postprocess_translations(reduce_diff_hacks=False):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     check_at_repository_root()
-    fetch_all_translations()
+    # fetch_all_translations()
     postprocess_translations()