diff --git a/src/plugin_discovery/find_plugin_specs.js b/src/plugin_discovery/find_plugin_specs.js
index 3eb3c69061fc0..bc474b586d7dd 100644
--- a/src/plugin_discovery/find_plugin_specs.js
+++ b/src/plugin_discovery/find_plugin_specs.js
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export function findPluginSpecs(settings, configToMutate) {
   const translationPath$ = config$.pipe(
     mergeMap(config =>
       Rx.zip(
-        ...config.get('plugins.translations.paths').map(path => Rx.of([path])),
+        Rx.of(config.get('plugins.translations.paths')),
         ...config.get('plugins.translations.scanDirs').map(
           path => createChildDirectory$(path).pipe(
             toArray()