diff --git a/script/i18n/reset-files-with-broken-liquid-tags.js b/script/i18n/reset-files-with-broken-liquid-tags.js
index 8996d2f61f..987c191201 100644
--- a/script/i18n/reset-files-with-broken-liquid-tags.js
+++ b/script/i18n/reset-files-with-broken-liquid-tags.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
 import program from 'commander'
+import { execSync } from 'child_process'
 import { languageFiles, compareLiquidTags } from '../../lib/liquid-tags/tokens.js'
 import languages from '../../lib/languages.js'
-import fs from 'fs'
 
 program
   .description('show-liquid-tags-diff')
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ program
   .parse(process.argv)
 
 function resetFiles(files) {
-  console.log(`Files to be reset (${files.length}): \n${files.join('\n')}`)
+  console.log(`Reseting ${files.length} files:`)
+
+  const dryRun = program.opts().dryRun ? '--dry-run' : ''
 
   files.forEach((file) => {
-    // remove file so it falls back to English
-    console.log(`removing ${file}`)
-
-    if (!program.opts().dryRun) {
-      fs.unlinkSync(file)
-    }
+    execSync(
+      `script/i18n/reset-translated-file.js ${file} --reason="broken liquid tags" ${dryRun}`,
+      { stdio: 'inherit' }
+    )
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/script/i18n/reset-translated-file.js b/script/i18n/reset-translated-file.js
index 952e7fbd46..844d79a049 100755
--- a/script/i18n/reset-translated-file.js
+++ b/script/i18n/reset-translated-file.js
@@ -57,10 +57,13 @@ const resetToEnglishSource = (translationFilePath) => {
   }
 
   if (!dryRun) {
-    // replace file with English source
+    // it is important to replace the file with English source instead of
+    // removing it, and relying on the fallback, because redired_from frontmatter
+    // won't work in fallbacks
     const englishContent = fs.readFileSync(englishFile, 'utf8')
     fs.writeFileSync(translationFilePath, englishContent)
   }
+
   console.log(
     '-> reverted to English: %s %s',
     path.relative(process.cwd(), translationFilePath),