diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 75ed168adb..59e38e02d7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1881,7 +1881,7 @@ ifdef GIT_TEST_CMP_USE_COPIED_CONTEXT
 endif
 
 ifndef NO_MSGFMT_EXTENDED_OPTIONS
-	MSGFMT += --check --statistics
+	MSGFMT += --check
 endif
 
 ifdef HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME