diff -ruN scripts/kconfig/lkc.h.orig scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
--- scripts/kconfig/lkc.h.br1	2005-07-21 17:37:30.000000000 +0200
+++ scripts/kconfig/lkc.h	2005-07-21 17:37:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "expr.h"
 
-#include <libintl.h>
+/* #include <libintl.h> */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 #define PACKAGE "linux"
 #define LOCALEDIR "/usr/share/locale"
 
-#define _(text) gettext(text)
+/* #define _(text) gettext(text) */
+#define _(text) (text)
 #define N_(text) (text)
 
 int zconfparse(void);
diff -ruN scripts/kconfig/mconf.c.orig scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
--- scripts/kconfig/mconf.c.br1	2005-07-21 17:39:53.000000000 +0200
+++ scripts/kconfig/mconf.c	2005-07-21 17:40:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -1042,9 +1042,11 @@
 	char *mode;
 	int stat;
 
+/*
 	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 	bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
 	textdomain(PACKAGE);
+*/
 
 	conf_parse(av[1]);
 	conf_read(NULL);