diff --git a/po/LINGUAS b/po/LINGUAS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f49d7af9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/LINGUAS
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+ar
+bg
+ca
+cs
+da
+de
+el
+es
+eu
+fa
+fi
+fr_FR
+gl
+hu
+id
+it
+ja
+ko
+nl
+pl
+pt_BR
+pt_PT
+ru
+sr_RS@latin
+sr_RS
+uk_UA
+vi
+zh_CN
+zh_TW
diff --git a/po/meson.build b/po/meson.build
index 48bded975..5d61f0efc 100644
--- a/po/meson.build
+++ b/po/meson.build
@@ -1,34 +1,2 @@
 i18n = import('i18n')
-langs = [
-    'ar',
-    'bg',
-    'ca',
-    'cs',
-    'da',
-    'de',
-    'el',
-    'es',
-    'eu',
-    'fa',
-    'fi',
-    'fr_FR',
-    'gl',
-    'hu',
-    'id',
-    'it',
-    'ja',
-    'ko',
-    'nl',
-    'pl',
-    'pt_BR',
-    'pt_PT',
-    'ru',
-    'sr_RS@latin',
-    'sr_RS',
-    'uk_UA',
-    'vi',
-    'zh_CN',
-    'zh_TW',
-]
-
-i18n.gettext('aegisub', languages: langs)
+i18n.gettext('aegisub')