diff --git a/lint-release.xml b/lint-release.xml
index a5784b3a00..7af9a29bd9 100644
--- a/lint-release.xml
+++ b/lint-release.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
         <!-- Ignore as they'll be used for #7526 -->
         <ignore regexp="content_picture\.png|device_access_mic\.png" />
         <ignore path="res/values/12-dont-translate.xml" />
+        <!-- Ignore all translations except values - CrowdIn will handle deletions -->
+        <!-- We only need to handle -af and all others are implicitly ignored -->
+        <!-- tested and this does not block a string in /values/ from triggering lint -->
+        <ignore path="res/values-af/" />
     </issue>
     <issue id="ViewConstructor" severity="fatal" />
     <issue id="ViewHolder" severity="fatal" />