diff --git a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update.sh b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update.sh
index da567cc09d..32b026d068 100755
--- a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update.sh
+++ b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fi
 tx set --auto-local -r ${PROJECT}.${PROJECT}-translations "${PROJECT}/locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/${PROJECT}.po" --source-lang en --source-file ${PROJECT}/locale/${PROJECT}.pot -t PO --execute
 
 # Pull all upstream translations
-tx pull -a
+tx pull -a -f
 # Update the .pot file
 python setup.py extract_messages
 PO_FILES=`find ${PROJECT}/locale -name '*.po'`
@@ -68,14 +68,4 @@ then
 $COMMIT_MSG
 EOF
     git review -t transifex/translations
-
-    # Push .pot changes to transifex
-    tx --debug --traceback push -s
-    # Push translation changes to transifex
-    # Disable -e as we can live with failed translation pushes (failures
-    # occur when a translation file has no translations in it not really
-    # error worthy but they occur)
-    set +e
-    tx --debug --traceback push -t --skip
-    set -e
 fi
diff --git a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update_manuals.sh b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update_manuals.sh
index cf5e16f4a9..6f60f0793b 100755
--- a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update_manuals.sh
+++ b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/propose_translation_update_manuals.sh
@@ -82,14 +82,8 @@ do
     fi
 done
 
-if [ ! `git diff --cached --quiet HEAD --` ]
-then
-    # Push .pot changes to transifex
-    tx --debug --traceback push -s
-fi
-
 # Pull all upstream translations
-tx pull -a
+tx pull -a -f
 
 for FILE in ${DocFolder}/*
 do
diff --git a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh
index 59e5928ac3..d8bca8c123 100755
--- a/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh
+++ b/modules/jenkins/files/slave_scripts/upstream_translation_update.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ if [ ! -d .tx ] ; then
 fi
 tx set --auto-local -r ${PROJECT}.${PROJECT}-translations "${PROJECT}/locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/${PROJECT}.po" --source-lang en --source-file ${PROJECT}/locale/${PROJECT}.pot -t PO --execute
 
-# Pull all upstream translations
-tx pull -a
 # Update the .pot file
 python setup.py extract_messages
 PO_FILES=`find ${PROJECT}/locale -name '*.po'`
@@ -45,11 +43,4 @@ if [ ! `git diff-index --quiet HEAD --` ]
 then
     # Push .pot changes to transifex
     tx --debug --traceback push -s
-    # Push translation changes to transifex
-    # Disable -e as we can live with failed translation pushes (failures
-    # occur when a translation file has no translations in it not really
-    # error worthy but they occur)
-    set +e
-    tx --debug --traceback push -t --skip
-    set -e
 fi