diff --git a/share/ramdisk.ltmpl b/share/ramdisk.ltmpl
index 0b799a60..02813395 100644
--- a/share/ramdisk.ltmpl
+++ b/share/ramdisk.ltmpl
@@ -747,13 +747,15 @@ remove "glibc-common" "/usr/bin/getconf"
 remove "glibc-common" "/usr/bin/getent"
 remove "glibc-common" "/usr/bin/ldd"
 remove "glibc-common" "/usr/bin/locale"
-remove "glibc-common" "/usr/bin/localedef"
 remove "glibc-common" "/usr/bin/rpcgen"
 remove "glibc-common" "/usr/bin/sprof"
 remove "glibc-common" "/usr/bin/tzselect"
 remove "glibc-common" "/usr/libexec/*"
 remove "glibc-common" "/usr/sbin/*"
-remove "glibc-common" "/usr/share/i18n/*"
+
+# remove generated locales anaconda knows how to restore them at runtime
+remove "glibc-common" "/usr/lib/locale/*"
+
 remove "gmp" "/usr/${libdir}/libgmpxx.*"
 remove "gmp" "/usr/${libdir}/libmp.*"
 remove "gnome-bluetooth-libs" "/usr/${libdir}/libgnome-bluetooth*"
diff --git a/src/pylorax/installtree.py b/src/pylorax/installtree.py
index 9883bba3..7d97e775 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/installtree.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/installtree.py
@@ -58,34 +58,6 @@ class LoraxInstallTree(BaseLoraxClass):
             logger.critical("could not find anaconda lang-table, exiting")
             sys.exit(1)
 
-        with open(langtable, "r") as fobj:
-            langs = fobj.readlines()
-
-        langs = map(lambda l: l.split()[3].replace(".UTF-8", ".utf8"), langs)
-        langs = set(langs)
-
-        # get locales from locale-archive
-        localearch = "/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive"
-
-        cmd = [self.lcmds.LOCALEDEF, "--list-archive", localearch]
-        proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, preexec_fn=chroot)
-        output = proc.stdout.read()
-
-        remove = set(output.split()) - langs
-
-        # remove not needed locales
-        cmd = [self.lcmds.LOCALEDEF, "-i", localearch,
-               "--delete-from-archive"] + list(remove)
-        proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, preexec_fn=chroot)
-        proc.wait()
-
-        localearch = joinpaths(self.root, localearch)
-        shutil.move(localearch, localearch + ".tmpl")
-
-        proc = subprocess.Popen([self.lcmds.BUILD_LOCALE_ARCHIVE],
-                             preexec_fn=chroot)
-        proc.wait()
-
         # remove unneeded locales from /usr/share/locale
         with open(langtable, "r") as fobj:
             langs = fobj.readlines()