diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5bd660a1..d0593daa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ UNAME := $(shell uname)
 
 i18n = ./src/i18n
 transifex_input = $(i18n)/transifex_input.json
-transifex_utils = ./node_modules/.bin/edx_reactifex
+transifex_utils = node ./scripts/concat_translations.js
 
 # This directory must match .babelrc .
 transifex_temp = ./temp/babel-plugin-react-intl
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a7604c97..5f7f1670 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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           "version": "3.0.1",
-          "bundled": true,
-          "extraneous": true
+          "bundled": true
         },
         "lodash._cacheindexof": {
           "version": "3.0.2",
-          "bundled": true,
-          "extraneous": true
+          "bundled": true
         },
         "lodash._createcache": {
           "version": "3.1.2",
           "bundled": true,
-          "extraneous": true,
           "requires": {
             "lodash._getnative": "^3.0.0"
           }
@@ -53047,8 +52710,7 @@
         },
         "lodash._getnative": {
           "version": "3.9.1",
-          "bundled": true,
-          "extraneous": true
+          "bundled": true
         },
         "lodash._root": {
           "version": "3.0.1",
@@ -53062,8 +52724,7 @@
         },
         "lodash.restparam": {
           "version": "3.6.1",
-          "bundled": true,
-          "extraneous": true
+          "bundled": true
         },
         "lodash.union": {
           "version": "4.6.0",
@@ -58406,12 +58067,6 @@
         "prop-types": "^15.6.1"
       }
     },
-    "reactifex": {
-      "version": "1.1.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/reactifex/-/reactifex-1.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-HH2N/b5tRxh7ypIgCRsiBl/CTxRkTEPf9DhIstaM6hne4WiwM5/bBbWuvVlRZc/i3FdqZED3pZ//6n4mtxma4w==",
-      "dev": true
-    },
     "read-pkg": {
       "version": "3.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/read-pkg/-/read-pkg-3.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2df11e70..e9dd5818 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
     "@commitlint/cli": "^6.1.3",
     "@commitlint/config-angular": "^6.1.3",
     "@edx/eslint-config": "^3.1.0",
-    "@edx/reactifex": "^1.1.0",
     "autoprefixer": "^7.2.5",
     "babel-core": "^7.0.0-bridge.0",
     "babel-eslint": "^9.0.0",
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@
     "raw-loader": "^0.5.1",
     "react-dev-utils": "^4.0.0",
     "react-test-renderer": "^16.1.0",
-    "reactifex": "1.1.1",
     "redux-mock-store": "^1.3.0",
     "sass": "^1.48.0",
     "sass-loader": "^7.0.1",
diff --git a/scripts/concat_translations.js b/scripts/concat_translations.js
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..556e6dfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/concat_translations.js
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/*
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2018 Eric Fischer
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+const glob = require('glob');
+const path = require('path');
+
+/*
+ * See the Makefile for how the required hash file is downloaded from Transifex.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Expected input: a directory, possibly containing subdirectories, with .json files.  Each .json
+ * file is an array of translation triplets (id, description, defaultMessage).
+ *
+ *
+ */
+function gatherJson(dir) {
+  const ret = [];
+  const files = glob.sync(`${dir}/**/*.json`);
+
+  files.forEach((filename) => {
+    const messages = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(filename));
+    ret.push(...messages);
+  });
+  return ret;
+}
+
+// the hash file returns ids whose periods are 'escaped' (sort of), like this:
+// 'key': 'profile\\.sociallinks\\.social\\.links'
+// so our regular messageIds won't match them out of the box
+function escapeDots(messageId) {
+  return messageId.replace(/\./g, '\\.');
+}
+
+const jsonDir = process.argv[2];
+const messageObjects = gatherJson(jsonDir);
+
+if (messageObjects.length === 0) {
+  process.exitCode = 1;
+  throw new Error('Found no messages');
+}
+
+if (process.argv[3] === '--comments') { // prepare to handle the translator notes
+  const loggingPrefix = path.basename(`${__filename}`); // the name of this JS file
+  const bashScriptsPath = (
+    process.argv[4] && process.argv[4] === '--v3-scripts-path'
+      ? './node_modules/@edx/reactifex/bash_scripts'
+      : './node_modules/reactifex/bash_scripts');
+
+  const hashFile = `${bashScriptsPath}/hashmap.json`;
+  process.stdout.write(`${loggingPrefix}: reading hash file ${hashFile}\n`);
+  const messageInfo = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(hashFile));
+
+  const outputFile = `${bashScriptsPath}/hashed_data.txt`;
+  process.stdout.write(`${loggingPrefix}: writing to output file ${outputFile}\n`);
+  fs.writeFileSync(outputFile, '');
+
+  messageObjects.forEach((message) => {
+    const transifexFormatId = escapeDots(message.id);
+
+    const info = messageInfo.find((mi) => mi.key === transifexFormatId);
+    if (info) {
+      fs.appendFileSync(outputFile, `${info.string_hash}|${message.description}\n`);
+    } else {
+      process.stdout.write(`${loggingPrefix}: string ${message.id} does not yet exist on transifex!\n`);
+    }
+  });
+} else {
+  const output = {};
+
+  messageObjects.forEach((message) => {
+    output[message.id] = message.defaultMessage;
+  });
+  fs.writeFileSync(process.argv[3], JSON.stringify(output, null, 2));
+}