diff --git a/systemd-mini.changes b/systemd-mini.changes
index 10d2ecc4..37b6b69c 100644
--- a/systemd-mini.changes
+++ b/systemd-mini.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 21 09:06:10 UTC 2019 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.de>
+
+- don't package locales in -mini package
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct  4 14:26:59 UTC 2019 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/systemd-mini.spec b/systemd-mini.spec
index 6cb294d4..82c6a17f 100644
--- a/systemd-mini.spec
+++ b/systemd-mini.spec
@@ -463,7 +463,9 @@ This package contains systemd-journal-gatewayd,
 systemd-journal-remote, and systemd-journal-upload.
 %endif
 
+%if ! 0%{?bootstrap}
 %lang_package
+%endif
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n systemd-v%{version}%{suse_version}
@@ -544,6 +546,7 @@ opensuse_ntp_servers=({0..3}.opensuse.pool.ntp.org)
 mv %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libnss_myhostname.so.2 %{buildroot}/%{_lib}
 %else
 rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libnss_systemd.so*
+rm -r %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/locale
 %endif
 
 # Don't ship resolvconf symlink for now as it conflicts with the
@@ -737,7 +740,9 @@ fi
 # which may still be used by yast.
 cat %{S:14} >>%{buildroot}%{_datarootdir}/systemd/kbd-model-map
 
+%if ! 0%{?bootstrap}
 %find_lang systemd
+%endif
 
 # Build of installation images uses a hard coded list of packages with
 # a %pre that needs to be run during the build. systemd is one of them
@@ -1271,7 +1276,9 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/zsh/site-functions/*
 %{_datadir}/pkgconfig/systemd.pc
 
+%if ! 0%{?bootstrap}
 %files lang -f systemd.lang
+%endif
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
diff --git a/systemd.changes b/systemd.changes
index 10d2ecc4..37b6b69c 100644
--- a/systemd.changes
+++ b/systemd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 21 09:06:10 UTC 2019 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.de>
+
+- don't package locales in -mini package
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct  4 14:26:59 UTC 2019 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 77fd2cf7..841ba419 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -461,7 +461,9 @@ This package contains systemd-journal-gatewayd,
 systemd-journal-remote, and systemd-journal-upload.
 %endif
 
+%if ! 0%{?bootstrap}
 %lang_package
+%endif
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n systemd-v%{version}%{suse_version}
@@ -542,6 +544,7 @@ opensuse_ntp_servers=({0..3}.opensuse.pool.ntp.org)
 mv %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libnss_myhostname.so.2 %{buildroot}/%{_lib}
 %else
 rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libnss_systemd.so*
+rm -r %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/locale
 %endif
 
 # Don't ship resolvconf symlink for now as it conflicts with the
@@ -735,7 +738,9 @@ fi
 # which may still be used by yast.
 cat %{S:14} >>%{buildroot}%{_datarootdir}/systemd/kbd-model-map
 
+%if ! 0%{?bootstrap}
 %find_lang systemd
+%endif
 
 # Build of installation images uses a hard coded list of packages with
 # a %pre that needs to be run during the build. systemd is one of them
@@ -1269,7 +1274,9 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/zsh/site-functions/*
 %{_datadir}/pkgconfig/systemd.pc
 
+%if ! 0%{?bootstrap}
 %files lang -f systemd.lang
+%endif
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)