diff --git a/testing/cpupower/APKBUILD b/testing/cpupower/APKBUILD
index 6dfb7b94156..51c9b52491a 100644
--- a/testing/cpupower/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/cpupower/APKBUILD
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ build() {
 
 package() {
 	cd "$builddir"/tools/power/cpupower
-	make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" mandir="/usr/share/man" install || return 1
+	make NLS=false DESTDIR="$pkgdir" mandir="/usr/share/man" install || return 1
 
 	install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/$pkgname.initd \
 		"$pkgdir"/etc/init.d/$pkgname || return 1