diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f2340b16..7edd5f07 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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-      "version": "0.3.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webext-tx-fix/-/webext-tx-fix-0.3.3.tgz",
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-        "neodoc": "^2.0.2",
-        "ordered-json": "^0.1.1"
-      }
-    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-6.1.0.tgz",
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/os-locale/-/os-locale-5.0.0.tgz",
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-    "webext-tx-fix": {
-      "version": "0.3.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webext-tx-fix/-/webext-tx-fix-0.3.3.tgz",
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-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {
-        "detect-indent": "^6.0.0",
-        "neodoc": "^2.0.2",
-        "ordered-json": "^0.1.1"
-      }
-    },
     "webidl-conversions": {
       "version": "6.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-6.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 92ea0126..81b05be9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,13 +25,12 @@
     "make-fetch-happen": "^8.0.7",
     "sync-version": "^1.0.1",
     "tiny-glob": "^0.2.6",
-    "web-ext": "^5.5.0",
-    "webext-tx-fix": "^0.3.3"
+    "web-ext": "^5.5.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "lint": "eslint \"**/*.js\" --cache",
     "test": "npm run lint",
-    "update-locales": "tx pull --all && webext-tx-fix",
+    "update-locales": "tx pull --all && node tools/fix-transifex.js",
     "update-transifex": "tx push -s",
     "build-vendor": "node tools/build-vendor",
     "zip": "node tools/zip.js",
diff --git a/tools/fix-transifex.js b/tools/fix-transifex.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..10700c7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/fix-transifex.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const fse = require('fs-extra');
+
+const DIR = '_locales/';
+const RX_LNG_CODE = /^\w\w(_\w{2,3})?$/; // like `en` or `en_GB`
+
+const makeFileName = lng => `${DIR}${lng}/messages.json`;
+const readLngJson = lng => fse.readJsonSync(makeFileName(lng));
+const sortAlpha = ([a], [b]) => a < b ? -1 : a > b;
+
+const src = readLngJson('en');
+for (const val of Object.values(src)) {
+  const {placeholders} = val;
+  if (placeholders) {
+    const sorted = {};
+    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(placeholders).sort(sortAlpha)) {
+      sorted[k] = v;
+    }
+    val.placeholders = sorted;
+  }
+}
+
+let numTotal = 0;
+let numFixed = 0;
+
+for (const /**@type Dirent*/ entry of fs.readdirSync(DIR, {withFileTypes: true})) {
+  const lng = entry.name;
+  if (lng !== 'en' && entry.isDirectory() && RX_LNG_CODE.test(lng)) {
+    numFixed += fixLngFile(lng) ? 1 : 0;
+    numTotal++;
+  }
+}
+console.log(`${numFixed} files fixed out of ${numTotal}`);
+
+function fixLngFile(lng) {
+  let numUnknown = 0;
+  let numUntranslated = 0;
+  let numVarsFixed = 0;
+  const json = readLngJson(lng);
+  const res = {};
+  for (const [key, val] of Object.entries(json).sort(sortAlpha)) {
+    const {placeholders, message} = src[key] || {};
+    if (!message) {
+      numUnknown++;
+    } else if (!val.message || val.message === message) {
+      numUntranslated++;
+    } else {
+      delete val.description;
+      if (placeholders && !val.placeholders) {
+        numVarsFixed++;
+        val.placeholders = placeholders;
+      }
+      res[key] = val;
+    }
+  }
+  const jsonStr = JSON.stringify(json, null, 2);
+  const resStr = JSON.stringify(res, null, 2);
+  if (resStr !== jsonStr) {
+    let err;
+    if (resStr === '{}') {
+      fs.rmdirSync(`${DIR}${lng}`, {recursive: true});
+      err = 'no translations -> deleted';
+    } else {
+      fse.outputFileSync(makeFileName(lng), resStr + '\n');
+      err = [
+        numUnknown && `${numUnknown} unknown (dropped)`,
+        numUntranslated && `${numUntranslated} untranslated (dropped)`,
+        numVarsFixed && `${numVarsFixed} missing placeholders (restored)`,
+      ].filter(Boolean).join(', ');
+    }
+    if (err) console.log(`${lng}: ${err}`);
+    return err;
+  }
+}