diff --git a/build_image.sh b/build_image.sh
index 003f865e12fcedb0a553804cad7baf0f329684de..be54ca7c0cbde081bf755fd41b0604f119e8dc3c 100755
--- a/build_image.sh
+++ b/build_image.sh
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ chroot_COPY_SETUP_SDCARD="enable"
 dpkg_arch="armhf"
 
 #DEFAULT_RELEASES="quantal raring saucy wheezy jessie"
-DEFAULT_RELEASES="quantal raring wheezy jessie"
+DEFAULT_RELEASES="wheezy jessie"
 for REL in ${RELEASES:-$DEFAULT_RELEASES} ; do
 	${REL}_release
 done
diff --git a/scripts/chroot.sh b/scripts/chroot.sh
index 51df4a1b12fa5e8dfc3977418d07ffb1833180ed..b985e339db60cb329047810aca297a66b55008b2 100755
--- a/scripts/chroot.sh
+++ b/scripts/chroot.sh
@@ -312,13 +312,19 @@ cat > ${DIR}/chroot_script.sh <<-__EOF__
 
 	install_pkgs () {
 		#These packages have binaries needed by this script.
-		packages="initramfs-tools git-core sudo u-boot-tools wget"
+		packages="initramfs-tools locales git-core sudo u-boot-tools wget"
 		for pkg in \${packages} ; do check_n_install ; done
 
 		#Install the user choosen list.
 		apt-get -y --force-yes install ${base_pkg_list}
 	}
 
+	set_locale () {
+		echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
+		locale-gen
+		echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/default/locale
+	}
+
 	dl_pkg_src () {
 		mkdir -p /tmp/pkg_src/
 		cd /tmp/pkg_src/
@@ -472,6 +478,7 @@ cat > ${DIR}/chroot_script.sh <<-__EOF__
 
 	install_pkg_updates
 	install_pkgs
+	set_locale
 
 	if [ "x${chroot_ENABLE_DEB_SRC}" = "xenable" ] ; then
 		dl_pkg_src