diff --git a/tools/make-extra-dist.sh b/tools/make-extra-dist.sh
index 4c5f47041299bfc56031674e8bfaceb9dab06c5e..3f846088b8ad0079aaab3871af4163c1de95eaed 100755
--- a/tools/make-extra-dist.sh
+++ b/tools/make-extra-dist.sh
@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ do
 done
 
 # Install po files.  (Do we really need to distribute the po files?)
-for f in `(cd $TARGET/i18n; find locale -type f -print | egrep -v 'CVS|~.*~|.*~')`
-do
-    FILE=`basename $f`
-    DIR=`dirname $f`
-    install ${GROUP} ${OWNER} -m 0644 $TARGET/i18n/$f $DESTDIR/lib/cmucl/lib/$DIR
-done
+#for f in `(cd $TARGET/i18n; find locale -type f -print | egrep -v 'CVS|~.*~|.*~')`
+#do
+#    FILE=`basename $f`
+#    DIR=`dirname $f`
+#    install ${GROUP} ${OWNER} -m 0644 $TARGET/i18n/$f $DESTDIR/lib/cmucl/lib/$DIR
+#done
 
 if [ -z "$INSTALL_DIR" ]; then
     sync ; sleep 1 ; sync ; sleep 1 ; sync