diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 360e5466..88a4720d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ node_modules
 temp
 
 .idea/
+
+src/i18n/transifex_input.json
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2d3601b6..9b699212 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-extract_translations: ## no prerequisites so we can control order of operations
-	echo "We have to define this target due to tooling assumptions"
-	echo "Also we have to npm install using this hook b/c there's no other place for it in the current setup"
+requirements:
 	npm install
-	npm run-script i18n_extract
 
 i18n.extract:
     # Pulling display strings from .jsx files into .json files...
@@ -12,6 +9,12 @@ i18n.concat:
     # Gathering JSON messages into one file...
 	./src/i18n/i18n-concat.js ./temp/src ./src/i18n/transifex_input.json
 
+
+# The following make targets are required by our tooling scripts found in:
+# - https://github.com/edx/ecommerce-scripts/tree/master/transifex
+
+extract_translations: | requirements i18n.extract i18n.concat
+
 detect_changed_source_translations:
 	git diff --exit-code ./src/i18n/transifex_input.json
 
@@ -19,7 +22,9 @@ tx_url1 = https://www.transifex.com/api/2/project/edx-platform/resource/frontend
 tx_url2 = https://www.transifex.com/api/2/project/edx-platform/resource/frontend-component-footer/source/
 
 # push translations to Transifex, doing magic so we can include the translator comments
-push_translations: | i18n.extract
+# Note: extract_translations is a prereq that our translation script calls separately.
+push_translations:
+	tx push -s
 	# Adding translator comments...
 	# Fetching strings from Transifex...
 	./node_modules/reactifex/bash_scripts/get_hashed_strings.sh $(tx_url1)
diff --git a/src/i18n/transifex_input.json b/src/i18n/transifex_input.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 388d0b35..00000000
--- a/src/i18n/transifex_input.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "footer.site-footer.link.about": "About",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.business": "{siteName} for Business",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.affiliates": "Affiliates",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.open-source": "Open {siteName}",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.careers": "Careers",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.news": "News",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.header.legal": "Legal",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.terms-of-service": "Terms of Service & Honor Code",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.privacy": "Privacy Policy",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.accessibility": "Accessibility Policy",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.trademark": "Trademark Policy",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.sitemap": "Sitemap",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.header.connect": "Connect",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.blog": "Blog",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.contact-us": "Contact Us",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.help-center": "Help Center",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.media-kit": "Media Kit",
-  "footer.site-footer.link.donate": "Donate",
-  "footer.site-footer.copyright-text": "{copyrightSymbol} {startDate}–{endDate} {siteName} Inc.",
-  "footer.site-footer.trademark-text": "EdX, Open edX, and MicroMasters are registered trademarks of edX Inc. | {icpLicense}",
-  "footer.site-footer.site-logo.alt-text": "{siteName} logo",
-  "footer.site-footer.site-logo.aria-label": "{siteName} Home",
-  "footer.site-footer.facebook.title": "Facebook",
-  "footer.site-footer.facebook.screen-reader-text": "Like {siteName} on Facebook",
-  "footer.site-footer.twitter.title": "Twitter",
-  "footer.site-footer.twitter.screen-reader-text": "Follow {siteName} on Twitter",
-  "footer.site-footer.youtube.title": "Youtube",
-  "footer.site-footer.youtube.screen-reader-text": "Subscribe to the {siteName} YouTube channel",
-  "footer.site-footer.linkedin.title": "LinkedIn",
-  "footer.site-footer.linkedin.screen-reader-text": "Follow {siteName} on LinkedIn",
-  "footer.site-footer.google-plus.title": "Google+",
-  "footer.site-footer.google-plus.screen-reader-text": "Follow {siteName} on Google+",
-  "footer.site-footer.reddit.title": "Reddit",
-  "footer.site-footer.reddit.screen-reader-text": "Subscribe to the {siteName} subreddit",
-  "footer.site-footer.apple-app-store.alt-text": "Download the {siteName} mobile app from the Apple App Store",
-  "footer.site-footer.google-play.alt-text": "Download the {siteName} mobile app from Google Play",
-  "footer.site-footer.footer.aria-label": "Page Footer"
-}
\ No newline at end of file