diff --git a/config/exceptions.yaml b/config/exceptions.yaml
index 4dc7bf906ff..551f5c1ae07 100644
--- a/config/exceptions.yaml
+++ b/config/exceptions.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ packageJson:
   css-theme:
     main: dist/theme.css
     module: '!'
+  i18n:
+    # react-scripts doesn't handle .mjs files correctly
+    module: '!'
   utils:
     # react-scripts doesn't handle .mjs files correctly
     module: '!'
diff --git a/config/scripts.yaml b/config/scripts.yaml
index 72923876c84..1c18c1e0b50 100644
--- a/config/scripts.yaml
+++ b/config/scripts.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ core:
   test: "BABEL_ENV=production nyc mocha tests/*.test.js"
   report: "BABEL_ENV=production nyc report --reporter=html mocha --compilers js:babel-core/register tests/*.test.js"
   coverage: "BABEL_ENV=production nyc npm test && nyc report --reporter=text-lcov > coverage.lcov && ./node_modules/.bin/codecov"
+i18n:
+  # react-scripts doesn't handle .mjs files correctly
+  modulebuild: '!'
+  build: "npm run clean && npm run nodebuild"
 pattern-info:
   prebuild: "node src/prebuild.js"
 utils: