diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
index 49c4397a42..411347a650 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2011, Intel Corporation.
 # All rights reserved.
 #
+# This file is released under the MIT license as described in
+# ../meta/COPYING.MIT.
+#
 # Poky-tiny is intended to define a tiny Linux system comprised of a
 # Linux kernel tailored to support each specific MACHINE and busybox.
 # Poky-tiny sets some basic policy to ensure a usable system while still
@@ -48,6 +51,10 @@ TCLIBCAPPEND = ""
 # in the LIBC features below.
 ENABLE_WIDEC="false"
 
+# Drop native language support. This removes the
+# eglibc->bash->gettext->libc-posix-clang-wchar dependency.
+USE_NLS="no"
+
 # Reconfigure eglibc for a smaller installation
 # Comment out any of the lines below to disable them in the build
 DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_TINY = "libc-libm libc-crypt"