diff --git a/accountsservice.changes b/accountsservice.changes
index 7499f02..6942bef 100644
--- a/accountsservice.changes
+++ b/accountsservice.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May  7 13:45:31 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Keep en and en_GB 'translations' in the main package: do not
+  force -lang packages onto all users.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 27 06:23:31 UTC 2024 - xiaoguang wang <xiaoguang.wang@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/accountsservice.spec b/accountsservice.spec
index 8367312..0e5c75f 100644
--- a/accountsservice.spec
+++ b/accountsservice.spec
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ cp %{SOURCE1} subprojects/packagecache/
 %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/AccountsService
 %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/AccountsService/users
 %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/AccountsService/icons
+%{_datadir}/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/accounts-service.mo
+%{_datadir}/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/accounts-service.mo
 
 %files -n libaccountsservice0
 %{_libdir}/*.so.0*
@@ -199,5 +201,7 @@ cp %{SOURCE1} subprojects/packagecache/
 %endif
 
 %files lang -f accounts-service.lang
+%exclude %{_datadir}/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/accounts-service.mo
+%exclude %{_datadir}/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/accounts-service.mo
 
 %changelog