diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-scripts.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-scripts.php
index 8c3b5a4ba9f64..b15bd3f8e904e 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-scripts.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-scripts.php
@@ -350,7 +350,16 @@ public function do_item( $handle, $group = false ) {
 
 		$translations = $this->print_translations( $handle, false );
 		if ( $translations ) {
-			$translations = wp_get_inline_script_tag( $translations, array( 'id' => "{$handle}-js-translations" ) );
+			/*
+			 * The sourceURL comment is not included by WP_Scripts::print_translations()
+			 * when `$display` is `false` to prevent issues where the script tag contents are used
+			 * by extenders for other purposes, for example concatenated with other script content.
+			 *
+			 * Include the sourceURL comment here as it would be when printed directly.
+			 */
+			$source_url    = rawurlencode( "{$handle}-js-translations" );
+			$translations .= "\n//# sourceURL={$source_url}";
+			$translations  = wp_get_inline_script_tag( $translations, array( 'id' => "{$handle}-js-translations" ) );
 		}
 
 		if ( $this->do_concat ) {
@@ -722,18 +731,17 @@ public function print_translations( $handle, $display = true ) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		$source_url = rawurlencode( "{$handle}-js-translations" );
-
 		$output = <<<JS
 ( function( domain, translations ) {
 	var localeData = translations.locale_data[ domain ] || translations.locale_data.messages;
 	localeData[""].domain = domain;
 	wp.i18n.setLocaleData( localeData, domain );
 } )( "{$domain}", {$json_translations} );
-//# sourceURL={$source_url}
 JS;
 
 		if ( $display ) {
+			$source_url = rawurlencode( "{$handle}-js-translations" );
+			$output    .= "\n//# sourceURL={$source_url}";
 			wp_print_inline_script_tag( $output, array( 'id' => "{$handle}-js-translations" ) );
 		}
 
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/dependencies/scripts.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/dependencies/scripts.php
index ebde14efbf261..cf6960099cb6c 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/dependencies/scripts.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/dependencies/scripts.php
@@ -4075,4 +4075,22 @@ public function test_source_url_with_concat() {
 
 		$this->assertEqualHTML( $expected, $print_scripts );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Ensure that `::print_translations()` does not include the sourceURL comment when `$display` is false.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 63887
+	 * @covers ::print_translations
+	 */
+	public function test_print_translations_no_display_no_sourceurl() {
+		global $wp_scripts;
+		$this->add_html5_script_theme_support();
+
+		wp_register_script( 'wp-i18n', '/wp-includes/js/dist/wp-i18n.js', array(), null );
+		wp_enqueue_script( 'test-example', '/wp-includes/js/script.js', array(), null );
+		wp_set_script_translations( 'test-example', 'default', DIR_TESTDATA . '/languages' );
+
+		$translations_script_data = $wp_scripts->print_translations( 'test-example', false );
+		$this->assertStringNotContainsStringIgnoringCase( 'sourceURL=', $translations_script_data );
+	}
 }