diff --git a/front_end/core/i18n/BUILD.gn b/front_end/core/i18n/BUILD.gn
index e7ec5dd2e8..36b5ace0b9 100644
--- a/front_end/core/i18n/BUILD.gn
+++ b/front_end/core/i18n/BUILD.gn
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ devtools_module("i18n") {
   ]
 
   public_deps = [
-    "./locales:collect_strings",
     "./locales:i18n_bundled_locales",
     "./locales:i18n_locales",
   ]
diff --git a/front_end/core/i18n/locales/BUILD.gn b/front_end/core/i18n/locales/BUILD.gn
index 5fd1c983a2..ff72a97d2a 100644
--- a/front_end/core/i18n/locales/BUILD.gn
+++ b/front_end/core/i18n/locales/BUILD.gn
@@ -26,11 +26,22 @@ node_action("collect_strings") {
   }
 }
 
+generated_locales = [ "en-US" ]
+if (include_en_xl) {
+  generated_locales += [ "en-XL" ]
+}
+
 minify_json("i18n_locales") {
   sources = []
-  foreach(locale, remote_devtools_locales + bundled_devtools_locales) {
+  foreach(
+      locale,
+      remote_devtools_locales + bundled_devtools_locales - generated_locales) {
     sources += [ "$locale.json" ]
   }
+
+  sources += get_target_outputs(":collect_strings")
+
+  deps = [ ":collect_strings" ]
 }
 
 group("i18n_bundled_locales") {
diff --git a/scripts/build/ninja/minify_json.gni b/scripts/build/ninja/minify_json.gni
index 6f6f0bb360..13d168c93f 100644
--- a/scripts/build/ninja/minify_json.gni
+++ b/scripts/build/ninja/minify_json.gni
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ import("./vars.gni")
 
 template("minify_json") {
   node_action(target_name) {
-    forward_variables_from(invoker, [ "sources" ])
+    forward_variables_from(invoker,
+                           [
+                             "deps",
+                             "sources",
+                           ])
 
     script = "scripts/build/ninja/minify-json-files.js"