diff --git wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/cli/i18n/class-code-import.php wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/cli/i18n/class-code-import.php
index cff90f2ae..89e452edc 100644
--- wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/cli/i18n/class-code-import.php
+++ wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/cli/i18n/class-code-import.php
@@ -47,9 +47,14 @@ class Code_Import extends I18n_Import {
 		}
 
 		$pot_file = "{$tmp_directory}/{$this->plugin}-code.pot";
-		$makepot  = new \MakePOT();
 
-		if ( ! $makepot->wp_plugin( $export_directory, $pot_file, $this->plugin ) || ! file_exists( $pot_file ) ) {
+		exec(
+			sprintf( 'wp i18n make-pot %s %s', escapeshellarg( $export_directory ), escapeshellarg( $pot_file ) ),
+			$output,
+			$return_code
+		);
+
+		if ( $return_code !== 0 || ! file_exists( $pot_file ) ) {
 			throw new Exception( "POT file couldn't be created." );
 		}