diff -u gnome-mplayer-0.6.3/debian/rules gnome-mplayer-0.6.3/debian/rules
--- gnome-mplayer-0.6.3/debian/rules
+++ gnome-mplayer-0.6.3/debian/rules
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 	[ ! -f Makefile ] || $(MAKE) distclean
 
 	rm -f config.sub config.guess
+	# removed gmo files created by upstream make dist otherwise the package fails to build twice in a row
+	rm -f po/*.gmo
 	dh_clean
 
 install: build