diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index cae962a7a..f76208e03 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ longer is the only used file system. Reiserfs, for example, is often used
 too now.
 </para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>
+Chapter 5: Removed --disable-nls from configuration of programs that don't
+need that (bash, diffutils, sed)
+</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>
 Chapter 5: Added static mawk, texinfo, and partially gettext to faciliate
 the move of Glibc from Chapter 5 to Chapter 6.
diff --git a/chapter05/bash-exp.xml b/chapter05/bash-exp.xml
index 367d139da..90638668d 100644
--- a/chapter05/bash-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter05/bash-exp.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@ mounted a user needs and will want to have bash available (it will be hard to
 execute the boot scripts without a shell for instance).
 </para>
 
-<para>
-<userinput>--disable-nls:</userinput> This disables the build of NLS 
-(National Language Support). It's only a waste of time for now as Bash 
-will be reinstalled in the next chapter.
-</para>
-
 <para>
 <userinput>--with-curses:</userinput> This causes Bash to be linked 
 against the curses library instead of the default termcap library which 
diff --git a/chapter05/bash-inst.xml b/chapter05/bash-inst.xml
index 207b57389..5e422c57f 100644
--- a/chapter05/bash-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/bash-inst.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Install Bash by running the following commands:
 <blockquote><literallayout>
 
 	<userinput>./configure --enable-static-link --prefix=$LFS/usr \</userinput>
-	<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--bindir=$LFS/bin --disable-nls 
+	<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--bindir=$LFS/bin 
 		--with-curses &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 	<userinput>make &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 	<userinput>make install &amp;&amp;</userinput>
diff --git a/chapter05/diffutils-inst.xml b/chapter05/diffutils-inst.xml
index 60874c3f9..e3e6a6a95 100644
--- a/chapter05/diffutils-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/diffutils-inst.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ Install Diffutils by running the following commands:
 
 	<userinput>export CPPFLAGS=-Dre_max_failures=re_max_failures2
 		&amp;&amp;</userinput>
-	<userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/usr --disable-nls
-		&amp;&amp;</userinput>
+	<userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/usr &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 	<userinput>unset CPPFLAGS &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 	<userinput>make LDFLAGS=-static &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 	<userinput>make install</userinput>
diff --git a/chapter05/sed-inst.xml b/chapter05/sed-inst.xml
index 701fbcf1b..09894fbfb 100644
--- a/chapter05/sed-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/sed-inst.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Install Sed by running the following commands:
 	<userinput>export CPPFLAGS=-Dre_max_failures=re_max_failures2
 		&amp;&amp;</userinput>
 	<userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/usr 
-		--disable-nls --bindir=$LFS/bin &amp;&amp;</userinput>
+		--bindir=$LFS/bin &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 	<userinput>unset CPPFLAGS &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 	<userinput>make LDFLAGS=-static &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 	<userinput>make install</userinput>