diff --git a/extra/alsa-utils/build b/extra/alsa-utils/build
index fd6185e5..22c739fe 100755
--- a/extra/alsa-utils/build
+++ b/extra/alsa-utils/build
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     --with-udev-rules-dir=/usr/lib/udev/rules.d \
     --disable-alsaconf \
     --disable-bat \
-    --disable-xmlto
+    --disable-xmlto \
+    --disable-nls
 
 make
 make DESTDIR="$1" install