diff --git a/scripts/chroot.sh b/scripts/chroot.sh
index 8c662ba9fb36742964ef7d1d8a7de23328816c05..268eceb0e9b7511a733aee0688b5af920591de76 100755
--- a/scripts/chroot.sh
+++ b/scripts/chroot.sh
@@ -166,13 +166,15 @@ if [ "x${chroot_very_small_image}" = "xenable" ] ; then
 	echo "  pkgcache \"\";" >> /tmp/02nocache
 	echo "}" >> /tmp/02nocache
 	sudo mv  /tmp/02nocache ${tempdir}/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02nocache
-	cat ${tempdir}/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02nocache
 
 	#apt: /var/lib/apt/lists/, store compressed only
 	echo "Acquire::GzipIndexes \"true\";" > /tmp/02compress-indexes
 	echo "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order:: \"gz\";" >> /tmp/02compress-indexes
 	sudo mv /tmp/02compress-indexes ${tempdir}/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02compress-indexes
-	cat ${tempdir}/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02compress-indexes
+
+	#apt: drop translations...
+	echo "Acquire::Languages \"none\";" > /tmp/02translations
+	sudo mv /tmp/02translations ${tempdir}/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02translations
 
 	echo "Log: after locale/man purge"
 	report_size