diff --git a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c853cbf2f..405f6281ff 100644
--- a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@ set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC_SEARCH_PATHS forms)
 
-# TODO: The file(GLOB ...) command should be replaced with an explicit
-# file list. Such a change must be synced with the corresponding change
-# to https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-maintainer-tools/blob/main/update-translations.py
-file(GLOB ts_files RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} locale/*.ts)
-set_source_files_properties(${ts_files} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_LOCATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/locale)
-qt6_add_translation(qm_files ${ts_files})
-
 configure_file(bitcoin_locale.qrc bitcoin_locale.qrc USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS COPYONLY)
 
 # The bitcoinqt sources have to include headers in
@@ -250,6 +243,13 @@ if(qt_lib_type STREQUAL "STATIC_LIBRARY")
   )
 endif()
 
+file(GLOB ts_files RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} locale/*.ts)
+set_source_files_properties(${ts_files} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_LOCATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/locale)
+qt6_add_lrelease(bitcoinqt
+  TS_FILES ${ts_files}
+  OPTIONS -silent
+)
+
 add_executable(bitcoin-qt
   main.cpp
   ../init/bitcoin-qt.cpp