diff --git a/recipes/diffutils/recipe.sh b/recipes/diffutils/recipe.sh
index 340e0815c..fa59e98dc 100644
--- a/recipes/diffutils/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/diffutils/recipe.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,15 @@ function recipe_update {
 
 function recipe_build {
     autoreconf
-    ./configure --build=${BUILD} --host=${HOST} --prefix=/
+    ./configure \
+        --build=${BUILD} \
+        --host=${HOST} \
+        --prefix=/ \
+        gt_cv_locale_fr=false \
+        gt_cv_locale_fr_utf8=false \
+        gt_cv_locale_ja=false \
+        gt_cv_locale_tr_utf8=false \
+        gt_cv_locale_zh_CN=false
     make -j"$(nproc)"
     skip=1
 }