diff --git a/misc/translator/xgettext.pl b/misc/translator/xgettext.pl
index 898fc4b85a..f733aa8643 100755
--- a/misc/translator/xgettext.pl
+++ b/misc/translator/xgettext.pl
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ if ( defined $output && $output ne '-' ) {
     open( $OUTPUT, '>:encoding(utf-8)', $output ) || die "$output: $!\n";
 } else {
     print STDERR "$0: Outputting to STDOUT...\n" if $verbose_p;
-    open( $OUTPUT, q{>}, "&STDOUT" );
+    $OUTPUT = *STDOUT;
 }
 
 if ( defined $files_from ) {