diff --git a/static/templates/settings/bot-settings.handlebars b/static/templates/settings/bot-settings.handlebars
index 09e0d748b3..dfb8029880 100644
--- a/static/templates/settings/bot-settings.handlebars
+++ b/static/templates/settings/bot-settings.handlebars
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
           <div class="input-group">
             <label for="bot_short_name">{{t "Username" }}</label>
             <input type="text" name="bot_short_name" id="create_bot_short_name" class="required bot_local_part"
-                   placeholder="{{t 'bot_user_name' }}" value="" />
+                   placeholder="bot_user_name" value="" />
                    -{{t "bot" }}@{{ page_params.domain }}
             <div>
               <label for="create_bot_short_name" generated="true" class="text-error"></label>
diff --git a/static/templates/settings/emoji-settings-admin.handlebars b/static/templates/settings/emoji-settings-admin.handlebars
index 8cf9e60706..f5def04348 100644
--- a/static/templates/settings/emoji-settings-admin.handlebars
+++ b/static/templates/settings/emoji-settings-admin.handlebars
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <div class="alert" id="admin-emoji-status"></div>
         <div class="input-group">
           <label for="emoji_name">{{t "Emoji name" }}</label>
-          <input type="text" name="name" id="emoji_name" placeholder="{{t 'mouse_face' }}" />
+          <input type="text" name="name" id="emoji_name" placeholder="mouse_face" />
         </div>
         <div class="input-group">
           <label for="emoji_url">{{t "Emoji URL" }}</label>
diff --git a/tools/lint-all b/tools/lint-all
index 68b7127aee..25c5284846 100755
--- a/tools/lint-all
+++ b/tools/lint-all
@@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ def build_custom_checkers(by_lang):
         {'pattern': 'placeholder="[^{]',
          'description': "`placeholder` value should be translatable.",
          'exclude': set(["static/templates/settings/emoji-settings-admin.handlebars",
-                         "static/templates/settings/realm-filter-settings-admin.handlebars"])},
+                         "static/templates/settings/realm-filter-settings-admin.handlebars",
+                         "static/templates/settings/bot-settings.handlebars"])},
         {'pattern': "placeholder='[^{]",
          'description': "`placeholder` value should be translatable."},
         {'pattern': "title='[^{]",