diff --git a/po/CMakeLists.txt b/po/CMakeLists.txt
index d2fec1ffca..aeb84a4ce3 100644
--- a/po/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/po/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ endforeach (lingua)
 add_custom_target(po-gmo ALL DEPENDS ${CATALOGS})
 
 set_local_dist(po_DIST_local ${po_SOURCES} CMakeLists.txt
-  POTFILES.in POTFILES.skip README gnucash-pot.cmake)
+  POTFILES.in POTFILES.ignore POTFILES.skip README gnucash-pot.cmake)
 set(po_DIST ${po_DIST_local} ${po_glossary_DIST} PARENT_SCOPE)
 
 function(read_file_removing_comments OUTPUT PATH)
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ function(make_gnucash_potfiles)
       list(REMOVE_ITEM GOOD_FILES ${path})
   endforeach ()
 
+  # Remove the paths that we have marked as explicitly ignore
+  read_file_removing_comments(SKIP_LINES POTFILES.ignore)
+  foreach (path ${SKIP_LINES})
+      list(REMOVE_ITEM GOOD_FILES ${path})
+  endforeach ()
+
 
   # CMake sorting is different from UNIX sorting. Use perl to
   # sort POTFILES.in universally. This may no longer be needed
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.ignore b/po/POTFILES.ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ffc6081d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/POTFILES.ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# These are files that we don't want to translate, because they are
+# in experimental status.
+gnucash/gnome/assistant-stock-transaction.cpp
+gnucash/gtkbuilder/assistant-stock-transaction.glade
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 1fe34570f5..6c9be8e2c2 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ gnucash/gnome/assistant-acct-period.c
 gnucash/gnome/assistant-hierarchy.c
 gnucash/gnome/assistant-loan.cpp
 gnucash/gnome/assistant-stock-split.c
-gnucash/gnome/assistant-stock-transaction.cpp
 gnucash/gnome/business-gnome-utils.c
 gnucash/gnome/business-options-gnome.c
 gnucash/gnome/business-urls.c
@@ -244,7 +243,6 @@ gnucash/gtkbuilder/assistant-hierarchy.glade
 gnucash/gtkbuilder/assistant-loan.glade
 gnucash/gtkbuilder/assistant-qif-import.glade
 gnucash/gtkbuilder/assistant-stock-split.glade
-gnucash/gtkbuilder/assistant-stock-transaction.glade
 gnucash/gtkbuilder/assistant-xml-encoding.glade
 gnucash/gtkbuilder/business-options-gnome.glade
 gnucash/gtkbuilder/business-prefs.glade