diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc
index 58d2ba7bc4..23a6ca99ae 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ inherit autotools texinfo features_check systemd
 
 LEAD_SONAME = "libc.so"
 
+# msgfmt could come from gettext-native but we don't depend on that and
+# disable for reproducibility
 CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS += " \
   ac_cv_path_BASH_SHELL=${base_bindir}/bash \
+  ac_cv_prog_MSGFMT= \
   libc_cv_slibdir=${base_libdir} \
   libc_cv_rootsbindir=${base_sbindir} \
   libc_cv_localedir=${localedir} \