diff --git i/actions/meson.build w/actions/meson.build
index 2abaaf3..1e3f370 100644
--- i/actions/meson.build
+++ w/actions/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 policy = 'org.freedesktop.policykit.policy'
 
 i18n.merge_file(
-  policy,
   input: policy + '.in',
   output: '@BASENAME@',
   po_dir: po_dir,
diff --git i/src/examples/meson.build w/src/examples/meson.build
index c6305ab..8c18de5 100644
--- i/src/examples/meson.build
+++ w/src/examples/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 policy = 'org.freedesktop.policykit.examples.pkexec.policy'
 
 i18n.merge_file(
-  policy,
   input: policy + '.in',
   output: '@BASENAME@',
   po_dir: po_dir,