diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index 58e9ba3..c11ba81 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May  6 16:38:37 UTC 2016 - olaf@aepfle.de
+
+- Remove unknown locales to fix build in old dists
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May  3 02:26:32 UTC 2016 - jfehlig@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index 61f49ca..be6c500 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -1237,10 +1237,12 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/%{name}/connection-driver/*.la
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/%{name}/connection-driver/*.a
 %endif
 # remove currently unsupported locale(s)
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/locale/sr@latin
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1130
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/locale/vi_VN
-%endif
+for dir in $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/locale/*
+do
+  sdir=`echo $dir | sed "s|$RPM_BUILD_ROOT||"`
+  if test -d $sdir ; then continue ; fi
+  rm -rfv "$dir"
+done
 # temporarily remove polkit ACL policiy configuration - bnc#827644
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/polkit-1/actions/org.libvirt.api.policy