diff --git a/po-docs/Makefile.am b/po-docs/Makefile.am
index cab608757..b388b28ed 100644
--- a/po-docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/po-docs/Makefile.am
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ SUBDIRS = $(linguas_translated)
 
 libguestfs-docs.pot:
 	cd $(top_srcdir) && $(PO4A_UPDATEPO) \
+	  --no-deprecation \
+	  -o no-warn-simple \
 	  -f pod \
 	  -M utf-8 \
 	  --package-name $(PACKAGE_NAME) \
diff --git a/po-docs/language.mk b/po-docs/language.mk
index 2bfe2a4a2..23ff25fb0 100644
--- a/po-docs/language.mk
+++ b/po-docs/language.mk
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ virt-p2v.1: virt-p2v.pod virt-p2v-kernel-config.pod
 %.pod: $(srcdir)/../$(LINGUA).po
 	rm -f $@ $@-t
 	$(guestfs_am_v_po4a_translate)$(PO4A_TRANSLATE) \
+	  --no-deprecation \
+	  -o no-warn-simple \
 	  -f pod \
 	  -M utf-8 -L utf-8 \
 	  -k 0 \