diff --git a/scripts/frontend/po_to_json.js b/scripts/frontend/po_to_json.js
index 2aeceee3825665d36b925376e27e7f0bc84618ab..c7c6a65c86249f1b2cb03f6d5d92e6ea4b412c04 100755
--- a/scripts/frontend/po_to_json.js
+++ b/scripts/frontend/po_to_json.js
@@ -172,9 +172,7 @@ async function convertPoFileForLocale({ locale, localeFile, resultDir }) {
  */
 if (!process.env.JEST_WORKER_ID) {
   // eslint-disable-next-line global-require
-  const { Command } = require('commander');
-
-  const program = new Command();
+  const { program } = require('commander');
 
   program
     .option('-l, --locale-root <locale_root>', 'Extract messages from subfolders in this directory')