diff --git a/release/Makefile b/release/Makefile
index ebc2c8bc90c..e79c7df7dcb 100644
--- a/release/Makefile
+++ b/release/Makefile
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ release rerelease:
 	mkdir -p ${CHROOTDIR}
 	@echo ">>> make release for ${TARGET} started on `LC_ALL=C TZ=GMT date`"
 	cd ${WORLDDIR} && ${NATIVEMAKE} -DNO_GAMES -DNO_HTML -DNO_INFO -DNO_MAN \
-	    -DNO_PROFILE installworld DESTDIR=${CHROOTDIR}
+	    -DNO_NLS -DNO_PROFILE installworld DESTDIR=${CHROOTDIR}
 	cd ${WORLDDIR} && ${NATIVEMAKE} distribution DESTDIR=${CHROOTDIR}
 	if [ -f /etc/resolv.conf ]; then \
 		cp -p /etc/resolv.conf ${CHROOTDIR}/etc; \