diff --git a/scripts/update-po b/scripts/update-po
index f293467441..415bfc88f9 100755
--- a/scripts/update-po
+++ b/scripts/update-po
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ xgettext \
     --debug \
     --keyword=__ --keyword=_pgettext:1c,2 --keyword=_ngettext:1,2 \
     --copyright-holder="phpMyAdmin devel team" \
-    `find . -name '*.php' | sort`
+    `find . -name '*.php' -not -path './test/*' | sort`
 
 ver=`sed -n "/PMA_VERSION', '/ s/.*PMA_VERSION', '\(.*\)'.*/\1/p" libraries/Config.class.php`