diff --git a/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.6.15.bep b/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.6.15.bep
index 631a2d0d3..7f2d755c1 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.6.15.bep
+++ b/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.6.15.bep
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ BUILD {
 		--with-apr-util=`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`/apu-1-config \
 		--with-neon=$COMMON_DIR \
 		--with-zlib=$COMMON_DIR \
-		--with-editor=nano
+		--with-editor=nano \
+		--disable-nls
 	make
 }