diff --git a/localedata/Makefile b/localedata/Makefile
index a5f3c92d58954dfc..56719c7c714aa0f1 100644
--- a/localedata/Makefile
+++ b/localedata/Makefile
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ $(INSTALL-SUPPORTED-LOCALES): install-locales-dir
 	echo -n '...'; \
 	input=`echo $$locale | sed 's/\([^.]*\)[^@]*\(.*\)/\1\2/'`; \
 	$(LOCALEDEF) $$flags --alias-file=../intl/locale.alias \
+		     --no-archive \
 		     -i locales/$$input -f charmaps/$$charset \
 		     $(addprefix --prefix=,$(install_root)) $$locale \
 	&& echo ' done'; \