diff --git a/tools/update_translate_template.sh b/tools/update_translate_template.sh
index 5e577b7f71..d2327e1ad6 100755
--- a/tools/update_translate_template.sh
+++ b/tools/update_translate_template.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ toc-3.adoc
 toc-4.adoc
 toc-5.adoc"
 
+IGNORE_FILES="contrib-386bsd
+contrib-additional
+contrib-committers
+contrib-corealumni
+contrib-develalumni
+contrib-portmgralumni"
+
 for remove_file in $GIT_IGNORE_FILES; do
 	find documentation/content/en/ -name "$remove_file" -delete -print || exit 1
 done
@@ -62,6 +69,10 @@ for component in $COMPONENTS; do
 			continue
 		fi
 
+		if echo "$IGNORE_FILES" | grep -q -w "$name"; then
+			continue
+		fi
+
 		dirbase=$(dirname "$document")
 		echo "$document"