diff --git a/java/res/values-fr/donottranslate.xml b/java/res/values-fr/donottranslate.xml
index 8cf2516a6..5288bd7d1 100644
--- a/java/res/values-fr/donottranslate.xml
+++ b/java/res/values-fr/donottranslate.xml
@@ -25,5 +25,7 @@
     <!-- Symbols that should promote magic spaces into real space -->
     <string name="phantom_space_promoting_symbols">;:!?([*&amp;@{&lt;&gt;+=|</string>
     <!-- Symbols that do NOT separate words -->
-    <string name="symbols_excluded_from_word_separators">\'</string>
+    <!-- Note that this is identical to the default value, but since the above ones are different
+         and those variables only make sense together, this is kept here for readability. -->
+    <string name="symbols_excluded_from_word_separators">\'-</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/java/res/values-it/donottranslate.xml b/java/res/values-it/donottranslate.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 58e94361b..000000000
--- a/java/res/values-it/donottranslate.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!--
-/*
-**
-** Copyright 2009, The Android Open Source Project
-**
-** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-** You may obtain a copy of the License at
-**
-**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-**
-** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-** limitations under the License.
-*/
--->
-<resources xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2">
-    <!-- Symbols that do NOT separate words -->
-    <string name="symbols_excluded_from_word_separators"></string>
-</resources>