diff --git a/build.vars b/build.vars
index 32e9791..cf53093 100644
--- a/build.vars
+++ b/build.vars
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ export PATH="${PREFIX}/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}}";
 : ${PKG_LIBELF_SHA256SUM:=591a9b4ec81c1f2042a97aa60564e0cb79d041c52faa7416acb38bc95bd2c76d};
 : ${PKG_LIBELF_URL:=http://www.mr511.de/software/libelf-${PKG_LIBELF_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_LIBELF_CC_CONFIGURE:=${HOST_NATIVE}-gcc};
-: ${PKG_LIBELF_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--host=${HOST_NATIVE} --prefix=${PREFIX_LVL1} --target=${TARGET}"};
+: ${PKG_LIBELF_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--disable-nls --host=${HOST_NATIVE} --prefix=${PREFIX_LVL1} --target=${TARGET}"};
 : ${PKG_LIBELF_LIBFILES_FIX:=1};
 : ${PKG_LIBELF_MAKEFLAGS_INSTALL:=};
 : ${PKG_LIBFETCH_VERSION:=2.33};