diff --git a/gnome-desktop.changes b/gnome-desktop.changes
index 06c991b..c242529 100644
--- a/gnome-desktop.changes
+++ b/gnome-desktop.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 20 17:27:01 UTC 2018 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Unconditionally enable translation-update-upstream: on
+  Tumbleweed, this results in a NOP and for Leap in SLE paid
+  translations being used (boo#1086036).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 12 19:49:24 UTC 2018 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gnome-desktop.spec b/gnome-desktop.spec
index 0b17aa8..651c51a 100644
--- a/gnome-desktop.spec
+++ b/gnome-desktop.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  gobject-introspection-devel
 BuildRequires:  intltool
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
+BuildRequires:  translation-update-upstream
 BuildRequires:  yelp-tools
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gdk-pixbuf-2.0) >= 2.36.5
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glib-2.0) >= 2.53.0
@@ -43,9 +44,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libudev)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(x11)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xkbfile)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xkeyboard-config)
-%if !0%{?is_opensuse}
-BuildRequires:  translation-update-upstream
-%endif
 %if 0%{?BUILD_FROM_VCS}
 BuildRequires:  gnome-common
 BuildRequires:  gtk-doc
@@ -129,9 +127,7 @@ reasons.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch1 -p1
-%if !0%{?is_opensuse}
 translation-update-upstream
-%endif
 
 %if 0%{?BUILD_FROM_VCS}
 [ -x ./autogen.sh] && NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh