diff --git a/data/common/boot/post_install/add_catalog_entry_attributes.sh b/data/common/boot/post_install/add_catalog_entry_attributes.sh
index d4f1251e48..2dd0cd53e5 100755
--- a/data/common/boot/post_install/add_catalog_entry_attributes.sh
+++ b/data/common/boot/post_install/add_catalog_entry_attributes.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ WriteMailCatalogEntryAttribute()
 }
 
 
+# TODO: Several of the directories are read-only, so this doesn't work.
 WriteTrackerCatalogEntryAttribute \
 	"$(finddir B_APPS_DIRECTORY)" B_APPS_DIRECTORY
 
@@ -55,8 +56,6 @@ WriteTrackerCatalogEntryAttribute \
 	"$(finddir B_USER_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY)/Tracker/Tracker New Templates" \
 	"B_USER_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY/Tracker/Tracker New Templates"
 
-WriteTrackerCatalogEntryAttribute "/boot/optional" "/boot/optional"
-
 WriteTrackerCatalogEntryAttribute \
 	"$(finddir B_PREFERENCES_DIRECTORY)" B_PREFERENCES_DIRECTORY
 
diff --git a/src/kits/tracker/LocalizedFolders.h b/src/kits/tracker/LocalizedFolders.h
index 12979219a3..d93962925a 100644
--- a/src/kits/tracker/LocalizedFolders.h
+++ b/src/kits/tracker/LocalizedFolders.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 B_TRANSLATE_MARK_ALL("apps", "B_APPS_DIRECTORY", "");
 B_TRANSLATE_MARK_ALL("common", "B_COMMON_DIRECTORY", "");
 B_TRANSLATE_MARK_ALL("develop", "B_COMMON_DEVELOP_DIRECTORY", "");
-B_TRANSLATE_MARK_ALL("optional", "/boot/optional", "");
 B_TRANSLATE_MARK_ALL("preferences", "B_PREFERENCES_DIRECTORY", "");
 B_TRANSLATE_MARK_ALL("system", "B_SYSTEM_DIRECTORY", "");