diff --git a/recipes-core/images/dm-verity-image-initramfs.bb b/recipes-core/images/dm-verity-image-initramfs.bb
index 05ab10c..187aeae 100644
--- a/recipes-core/images/dm-verity-image-initramfs.bb
+++ b/recipes-core/images/dm-verity-image-initramfs.bb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ PACKAGE_INSTALL = " \
 
 # We want a clean, minimal image.
 IMAGE_FEATURES = ""
+IMAGE_LINGUAS = ""
 
 # Can we somehow inspect reverse dependencies to avoid these variables?
 do_image[depends] += "${DM_VERITY_IMAGE}:do_image_${DM_VERITY_IMAGE_TYPE}"