diff --git a/src/util/system.cpp b/src/util/system.cpp
index fca29a9f3..2bb99d648 100644
--- a/src/util/system.cpp
+++ b/src/util/system.cpp
@@ -1188,10 +1188,11 @@ int GetNumCores()
 
 std::string CopyrightHolders(const std::string& strPrefix)
 {
-    std::string strCopyrightHolders = strPrefix + strprintf(_(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS), _(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION));
+    const auto copyright_devs = strprintf(_(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS), COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION);
+    std::string strCopyrightHolders = strPrefix + copyright_devs;
 
-    // Check for untranslated substitution to make sure Bitcoin Core copyright is not removed by accident
-    if (strprintf(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS, COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION).find("Bitcoin Core") == std::string::npos) {
+    // Make sure Bitcoin Core copyright is not removed by accident
+    if (copyright_devs.find("Bitcoin Core") == std::string::npos) {
         strCopyrightHolders += "\n" + strPrefix + "The Bitcoin Core developers";
     }
     return strCopyrightHolders;
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-format-strings.py b/test/lint/lint-format-strings.py
index 224e62f04..99b0eaa38 100755
--- a/test/lint/lint-format-strings.py
+++ b/test/lint/lint-format-strings.py
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ FALSE_POSITIVES = [
     ("src/dbwrapper.cpp", "vsnprintf(p, limit - p, format, backup_ap)"),
     ("src/index/base.cpp", "FatalError(const char* fmt, const Args&... args)"),
     ("src/netbase.cpp", "LogConnectFailure(bool manual_connection, const char* fmt, const Args&... args)"),
-    ("src/util/system.cpp", "strprintf(_(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS), _(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION))"),
-    ("src/util/system.cpp", "strprintf(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS, COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION)"),
+    ("src/util/system.cpp", "strprintf(_(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS), COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION)"),
     ("src/wallet/wallet.h",  "WalletLogPrintf(std::string fmt, Params... parameters)"),
     ("src/wallet/wallet.h", "LogPrintf((\"%s \" + fmt).c_str(), GetDisplayName(), parameters...)"),
     ("src/logging.h", "LogPrintf(const char* fmt, const Args&... args)"),