diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7bc6f6627..bbb149fb4 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [submodule "electrum/locale"]
 	path = electrum/locale
-	url = https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum-locale
+    url = https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum-locale
+    ignore = dirty
 [submodule "electrum/plugins/keepkey/keepkeylib"]
 	path = electrum/plugins/keepkey/keepkeylib
 	url = https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum-keepkeylib.git
diff --git a/contrib/locale/build_cleanlocale.sh b/contrib/locale/build_cleanlocale.sh
index 239df168a..3d87e88a6 100755
--- a/contrib/locale/build_cleanlocale.sh
+++ b/contrib/locale/build_cleanlocale.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ LOCALE="$PROJECT_ROOT/electrum/locale/"
 cd "$LOCALE"
 git clean -ffxd
 git reset --hard
+rm -rf llm_proofreader
 "$CONTRIB_LOCALE/build_locale.sh" "$LOCALE/locale" "$LOCALE/locale"