diff --git a/includes/locale.inc b/includes/locale.inc
index 4bf5b89e2cf2054ca318436f77e2ab2534171d1a..60d63a47cd003ed7e324149d912df0121e0e771c 100644
--- a/includes/locale.inc
+++ b/includes/locale.inc
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ function _locale_export_po($language) {
 
   // Generating Portable Object Template
   else {
-    $filename = variable_get('site_name', 'drupal') .'.pot';
+    $filename = 'drupal.pot';
     $header .= "# LANGUAGE translation of PROJECT\n";
     $header .= "# Copyright (c) YEAR NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n";
     $header .= "#\n";