--- a/Makefile.am	Tue Sep 03 10:54:19 2013 +0200
+++ b/Makefile.am	Tue Sep 03 13:51:59 2013 +0200
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@
 appsdir = $(datadir)/applications
 apps_in_files = pidgin.desktop.in
 apps_DATA = $(apps_in_files:.desktop.in=.desktop)
-@INTLTOOL_DESKTOP_RULE@
+
+# silenced INTLTOOL_DESKTOP_RULE
+%.desktop: %.desktop.in $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po)
+	$(AM_V_GEN) LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -d -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< $@ > /dev/null
+
 endif #ENABLE_GTK
 
 endif #INSTALL_I18N