diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index 0a5e6283..3920ed0a 100644
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ alias supybot-config-reload="killall -HUP supybot "
 alias supybot-owner-quit="killall -INT supybot "
 # Translating plugins in Limnoria
 alias supybot-generate-messages.pot="pygettext −−docstrings config.py plugin.py"
-alias supybot-generate-messages.pot-xgettext="xgettext --language=Python config.py plugin.py && cat messages.po > messages.pot && rm messages.po"
+alias supybot-generate-messages.pot-xgettext="xgettext --language=Python config.py plugin.py && mv -f messages.po messages.pot"
 
 # bash specific.
 # I think that "theme" is more describing than "prompt".
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 77e59bd3..cdb213e7 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ alias supybot-config-reload="killall -HUP supybot "
 alias supybot-owner-quit="killall -INT supybot "
 # Translating plugins in Limnoria
 alias supybot-generate-messages.pot="pygettext −−docstrings config.py plugin.py"
-alias supybot-generate-messages.pot-xgettext="xgettext --language=Python config.py plugin.py && cat messages.po > messages.pot && rm messages.po"
+alias supybot-generate-messages.pot-xgettext="xgettext --language=Python config.py plugin.py && mv -f messages.po messages.pot"
 
 # ZSH specific.
 # I think that "theme" is more describing than "prompt".