Index: scripts/translation-update.sh
--- scripts/translation-update.sh.orig
+++ scripts/translation-update.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ updatemo()
 
     # clean the mess
     for LANGCODE in `cat locale/LINGUAS | grep -v "#"`; do
-      unlink ./locale/$LANGCODE/LC_MESSAGES/$LANGCODE.mo
+      rm -f ./locale/$LANGCODE/LC_MESSAGES/$LANGCODE.mo
     done
   else
     if [ x"$(uname -s)" = x"Linux" ]; then