diff --git a/Cite.php b/Cite.php
index 2fe101a7b..11964415c 100644
--- a/Cite.php
+++ b/Cite.php
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ $wgExtensionMessagesFiles['Cite'] = __DIR__ . "/Cite.i18n.php";
 $wgAutoloadClasses['Cite'] = __DIR__ . "/Cite_body.php";
 $wgSpecialPageGroups['Cite'] = 'pagetools';
 
-$wgTrackingCategories[] = 'cite_error_refs_without_references_category';
-
 define( 'CITE_DEFAULT_GROUP', '' );
 /**
  * The emergency shut-off switch.  Override in local settings to disable
diff --git a/Cite_body.php b/Cite_body.php
index 778e583d5..f88919fd7 100644
--- a/Cite_body.php
+++ b/Cite_body.php
@@ -1069,7 +1069,6 @@ class Cite {
 			}
 			if ( $group == CITE_DEFAULT_GROUP ) {
 				$text .= $this->referencesFormat( $group, '', '' );
-				$parser->addTrackingCategory( 'cite_error_refs_without_references_category' );
 			} else {
 				$text .= "\n<br />" . $this->error( 'cite_error_group_refs_without_references', htmlspecialchars( $group ) );
 			}
diff --git a/i18n/core/en.json b/i18n/core/en.json
index e623bb2a7..c5aa5bec1 100644
--- a/i18n/core/en.json
+++ b/i18n/core/en.json
@@ -36,7 +36,5 @@
     "cite_references_link_accessibility_label": "Jump up",
     "cite_references_link_many_accessibility_label": "Jump up to:",
     "cite_references_prefix": "<ol class=\"references\">",
-    "cite_references_suffix": "</ol>",
-    "cite_error_refs_without_references_category": "-",
-    "cite_error_refs_without_references_category-desc": "The page has <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code>s defined with no specific group, but it has no explicit <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code> tag."
+    "cite_references_suffix": "</ol>"
 }
diff --git a/i18n/core/qqq.json b/i18n/core/qqq.json
index 0a4a14afa..e767ca8d0 100644
--- a/i18n/core/qqq.json
+++ b/i18n/core/qqq.json
@@ -49,7 +49,5 @@
 	"cite_references_link_accessibility_label": "Text for screen readers to describe the jump to citation link (\"↑\").\n\nSee also:\n* {{msg-mw|Cite references link many accessibility label}} - if the citation is used multiple times",
 	"cite_references_link_many_accessibility_label": "Text for screen readers to describe the jump to citation links (a b c ...) for citations which are used in multiple places.\n\nThis is going to be prepended to the first link, the following ones will just be read by screen readers as they are visible.\n\nSee also:\n* {{msg-mw|Cite references link accessibility label}} - if the citation is used one time",
 	"cite_references_prefix": "{{notranslate}}",
-	"cite_references_suffix": "{{notranslate}}",
-	"cite_error_refs_without_references_category": "Name of [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Tracking categories|tracking category]] where pages that have <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code>s but not <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code> are listed.",
-	"cite_error_refs_without_references_category-desc": "Automatically-included <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code> description. Shown on [[Special:TrackingCategories]]."
+	"cite_references_suffix": "{{notranslate}}"
 }