diff --git a/scripts/remove-incomplete-mo b/scripts/remove-incomplete-mo
index dfddc371c..83d14ea7a 100755
--- a/scripts/remove-incomplete-mo
+++ b/scripts/remove-incomplete-mo
@@ -10,17 +10,23 @@ set -e
 #
 THRESHOLD=50
 
+#
+# Generated output file
+#
+OUTPUTFILE=libraries/language_stats.inc.php
+
 if [ ! -z "$1" ] ; then
     THRESHOLD=$1
 fi
 
-echo '<?php' > libraries/language_stats.inc.php
-echo '/* Automatically generated file, do not edit! */' >> libraries/language_stats.inc.php
-echo '/* Generated by scripts/remove-incomplete-mo */' >> libraries/language_stats.inc.php
-echo '' >> libraries/language_stats.inc.php
-echo '$GLOBALS["language_stats"] = array (' >> libraries/language_stats.inc.php
+echo '<?php' > $OUTPUTFILE 
+echo '/* Automatically generated file, do not edit! */' >> $OUTPUTFILE 
+echo '/* Generated by scripts/remove-incomplete-mo */' >> $OUTPUTFILE 
+echo '' >> $OUTPUTFILE 
+echo '$GLOBALS["language_stats"] = array (' >> $OUTPUTFILE 
 
 check() {
+    OUTPUTFILE=$2
     lang=`echo $1 | sed 's@po/\(.*\)\.po@\1@'`
     STATS=`LC_ALL=C  msgfmt --statistics -o /dev/null $1 2>&1`
     if echo $STATS | grep -q ' translated ' ; then
@@ -39,7 +45,7 @@ check() {
         UNTRANSLATED=0
     fi
     PERCENT=`expr 100 \* $TRANSLATED / \( $TRANSLATED + $FUZZY + $UNTRANSLATED \) || true`
-    echo "    '$lang' => $PERCENT," >> libraries/language_stats.inc.php
+    echo "    '$lang' => $PERCENT," >> $OUTPUTFILE 
 
     if [ $PERCENT -lt $THRESHOLD ] ; then
         echo "Removing $lang, only $PERCENT%"
@@ -48,8 +54,8 @@ check() {
 }
 
 for x in po/*.po  ; do 
-    check $x
+    check $x $OUTPUTFILE
 done
 
-echo ');' >> libraries/language_stats.inc.php
-echo '?>' >> libraries/language_stats.inc.php
+echo ');' >> $OUTPUTFILE 
+echo '?>' >> $OUTPUTFILE