diff --git a/tests/unit/python/utils/i18n/test_extract.py b/tests/unit/python/utils/i18n/test_extract.py
index fe803e25a0..820b4c38a6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/python/utils/i18n/test_extract.py
+++ b/tests/unit/python/utils/i18n/test_extract.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import textwrap
 import unittest
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from utils.i18n.extract import core_messages
+from utils.i18n.extract import core_messages, role_messages
 from utils.roles.mapping import ROLE_FILE_META_MAIN
 
 
@@ -75,6 +75,24 @@ class TestCoreMessages(unittest.TestCase):
             ],
         )
 
+    def test_a_pulled_custom_role_stays_out_of_the_core_catalogs(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            root = Path(tmp)
+            _write(
+                root,
+                f"roles/web-app-wiki/{ROLE_FILE_META_MAIN}",
+                "galaxy_info:\n  description: A wiki\n",
+            )
+            _write(
+                root,
+                f"roles/web-app-cst-demo/{ROLE_FILE_META_MAIN}",
+                "galaxy_info:\n  description: A custom app\n",
+            )
+
+            messages = role_messages(root)
+
+        self.assertEqual(messages, [("role:web-app-wiki:description", "A wiki")])
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/utils/i18n/extract.py b/utils/i18n/extract.py
index cfcbd3f582..b1796b2862 100644
--- a/utils/i18n/extract.py
+++ b/utils/i18n/extract.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from utils.cache.yaml import load_yaml_any
 from utils.i18n.catalog import LOCALE_DIR, read_catalog
+from utils.roles.custom import is_custom
 from utils.roles.mapping import ROLE_FILE_META_MAIN
 
 CATEGORIES_FILE = Path("meta") / "categories.yml"
@@ -90,10 +91,12 @@ def role_messages(root: Path) -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
     messages = []
     roles = root / "roles"
     for main in sorted(roles.glob(f"*/{ROLE_FILE_META_MAIN}")):
+        role = main.relative_to(roles).parts[0]
+        if is_custom(role):
+            continue
         galaxy_info = (_load(main) or {}).get("galaxy_info") or {}
         description = _text(galaxy_info.get("description"))
         if description:
-            role = main.relative_to(roles).parts[0]
             messages.append((role_context(role), description))
     return messages
 
diff --git a/utils/i18n/libretranslate.py b/utils/i18n/libretranslate.py
index ba979e4418..009d754f2f 100644
--- a/utils/i18n/libretranslate.py
+++ b/utils/i18n/libretranslate.py
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ def deploy(root: Path, roles: tuple[str, ...] = (ROLE, GATEWAY_ROLE)) -> str:
             str(INVENTORY_DIR / ".password"),
             "--skip-backup",
             "--skip-cleanup",
+            "--skip-pull",
         ],
     ]
     outer = {