coreos profiles: Disable i10n globally

sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ net-firewall/ipset -modules
 dev-libs/glib -mime
 
 # keep grub build simple
-sys-boot/grub -multislot -nls -themes -fonts
+sys-boot/grub -multislot -themes -fonts
 
 # disable "high performance ssh" patch, turn on kerberos
 net-misc/openssh -hpn kerberos
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ sys-apps/portage -xattr -rsync-verify
 # Enable -M and -Z flags; -M is used by mayday
 sys-process/lsof rpc selinux
 
-# Prevent pulling in a ton of perl dependencies
-sys-apps/man-db -nls
-
 # Disable zstd to avoid adding it to prod images until something needs it
 sys-fs/btrfs-progs -zstd
 

sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/use.mask

@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ python_single_target_python3_12
 
 # Unmask selinux so it can be enabled selectively in package.use
 -selinux
+
+# We don't care about i10n, takes too much space, pulls in too many
+# extra dependencies.
+nls

sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 USE="cros-debug acpi usb symlink-usr cryptsetup policykit"
 USE="${USE} -split-usr -cros_host -expat -cairo -X -man"
 USE="${USE} -acl -gpm -python"
-USE="${USE} -fortran -abiword -perl -cups -poppler-data -nls"
+USE="${USE} -fortran -abiword -perl -cups -poppler-data"
 
 # Exclude documentation
 FEATURES="nodoc noinfo noman"