diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/user-menu/tab.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/user-menu/tab.js
index 802c5d609f7..af8517fabf1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/user-menu/tab.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/user-menu/tab.js
@@ -36,12 +36,8 @@ export default class UserMenuTab {
     } else {
       key = `user_menu.tabs.${id}`;
     }
-    // the lookup method returns undefined if the key doesn't exist.
-    // this ensures that don't use the "missing translation" string as the
-    // title for tabs that don't define title in the yml files.
-    if (I18n.lookup(key)) {
-      return I18n.t(key, { count });
-    }
+
+    return I18n.t(key, { count });
   }
 
   /**