diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index f80f8c15..6c67a996 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -109,11 +109,9 @@ src/client/plugin/plugin-info-bar.vala
 src/client/plugin/plugin-notification-extension.vala
 src/client/plugin/plugin-plugin-base.vala
 src/client/plugin/plugin-trusted-extension.vala
-src/client/plugin/desktop-notifications/desktop-notifications.plugin.desktop.in
 src/client/plugin/desktop-notifications/desktop-notifications.vala
 src/client/plugin/email-templates/email-templates.plugin.desktop.in
 src/client/plugin/email-templates/email-templates.vala
-src/client/plugin/folder-highlight/folder-highlight.plugin.desktop.in
 src/client/plugin/folder-highlight/folder-highlight.vala
 src/client/plugin/mail-merge/mail-merge-csv.vala
 src/client/plugin/mail-merge/mail-merge-folder.vala
@@ -125,12 +123,10 @@ src/client/plugin/mail-merge/mail-merge.plugin.desktop.in
 src/client/plugin/mail-merge/mail-merge.vala
 src/client/plugin/messaging-menu/messaging-menu.plugin.desktop.in
 src/client/plugin/messaging-menu/messaging-menu.vala
-src/client/plugin/notification-badge/notification-badge.plugin.desktop.in
 src/client/plugin/notification-badge/notification-badge.vala
 src/client/plugin/notification-badge/unity-launcher-entry.vala
 src/client/plugin/sent-sound/sent-sound.plugin.desktop.in
 src/client/plugin/sent-sound/sent-sound.vala
-src/client/plugin/special-folders/special-folders.plugin.desktop.in
 src/client/plugin/special-folders/special-folders.vala
 src/client/sidebar/sidebar-branch.vala
 src/client/sidebar/sidebar-common.vala
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.skip b/po/POTFILES.skip
index 06aae983..218be69c 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.skip
+++ b/po/POTFILES.skip
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@
 # Please keep this file sorted alphabetically.
 _build
 build
+src/client/plugin/desktop-notifications/desktop-notifications.plugin.desktop.in
+src/client/plugin/folder-highlight/folder-highlight.plugin.desktop.in
+src/client/plugin/notification-badge/notification-badge.plugin.desktop.in
+src/client/plugin/special-folders/special-folders.plugin.desktop.in
 subprojects
diff --git a/src/client/application/application-plugin-manager.vala b/src/client/application/application-plugin-manager.vala
index c5320165..97647192 100644
--- a/src/client/application/application-plugin-manager.vala
+++ b/src/client/application/application-plugin-manager.vala
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ public class Application.PluginManager : GLib.Object {
 
 
     // Plugins that will be loaded automatically when the client
-    // application stats up
+    // application stats up and hence hidden in the UI. Note that the
+    // .plugin files for these should be listed in po/POTFILES.skip,
+    // so translators don't need to bother with them.
     private const string[] AUTOLOAD_MODULES = {
         "desktop-notifications",
         "folder-highlight",
diff --git a/src/client/plugin/desktop-notifications/desktop-notifications.plugin.desktop.in b/src/client/plugin/desktop-notifications/desktop-notifications.plugin.desktop.in
index 4681890b..161d0360 100644
--- a/src/client/plugin/desktop-notifications/desktop-notifications.plugin.desktop.in
+++ b/src/client/plugin/desktop-notifications/desktop-notifications.plugin.desktop.in
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 [Plugin]
 Module=desktop-notifications
-# Translators: This is an internal plugin so this name does not need
-# to be tanslated
 Name=Desktop Notifications
diff --git a/src/client/plugin/folder-highlight/folder-highlight.plugin.desktop.in b/src/client/plugin/folder-highlight/folder-highlight.plugin.desktop.in
index 5cd8bb37..60cbec13 100644
--- a/src/client/plugin/folder-highlight/folder-highlight.plugin.desktop.in
+++ b/src/client/plugin/folder-highlight/folder-highlight.plugin.desktop.in
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 [Plugin]
 Module=folder-highlight
-# Translators: This is an internal plugin so this name does not need
-# to be tanslated
 Name=Folder Highlight
diff --git a/src/client/plugin/notification-badge/notification-badge.plugin.desktop.in b/src/client/plugin/notification-badge/notification-badge.plugin.desktop.in
index c3b6e89d..6678af9c 100644
--- a/src/client/plugin/notification-badge/notification-badge.plugin.desktop.in
+++ b/src/client/plugin/notification-badge/notification-badge.plugin.desktop.in
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 [Plugin]
 Module=notification-badge
-# Translators: This is an internal plugin so this name does not need
-# to be tanslated.
 Name=Notification Badge
diff --git a/src/client/plugin/special-folders/special-folders.plugin.desktop.in b/src/client/plugin/special-folders/special-folders.plugin.desktop.in
index 901dc045..4e5e4ff4 100644
--- a/src/client/plugin/special-folders/special-folders.plugin.desktop.in
+++ b/src/client/plugin/special-folders/special-folders.plugin.desktop.in
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 [Plugin]
 Module=special-folders
-# Translators: This is an internal plugin so this name does not need
-# to be tanslated.
 Name=Special Folders