diff --git a/i18n/execute.py b/i18n/execute.py
index 8a2cb0911c..cab07279a3 100644
--- a/i18n/execute.py
+++ b/i18n/execute.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def execute(command, working_directory=BASE_DIR):
     Output is ignored.
     """
     LOG.info(command)
-    subprocess.call(command.split(' '), cwd=working_directory)
+    subprocess.check_output(command.split(' '), cwd=working_directory, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
 
 
 def call(command, working_directory=BASE_DIR):
diff --git a/i18n/tests/__init__.py b/i18n/tests/__init__.py
index ee6283376e..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/i18n/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/i18n/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-from test_config import TestConfiguration
-from test_extract import TestExtract
-from test_generate import TestGenerate
-from test_converter import TestConverter
-from test_dummy import TestDummy
-import test_validate
diff --git a/i18n/tests/test_validate.py b/i18n/tests/test_validate.py
index e22d4e47a1..2876f1c2f8 100644
--- a/i18n/tests/test_validate.py
+++ b/i18n/tests/test_validate.py
@@ -24,11 +24,8 @@ def validate_po_file(filename, log):
     Call GNU msgfmt -c on each .po file to validate its format.
     Any errors caught by msgfmt are logged to log.
     """
-    # Skip this test for now because it's very noisy
-    raise SkipTest()
     # Use relative paths to make output less noisy.
     rfile = os.path.relpath(filename, LOCALE_DIR)
     (out, err) = call(['msgfmt','-c', rfile], working_directory=LOCALE_DIR)
     if err != '':
         log.warn('\n'+err)
-