diff --git a/toolchain/Config.in.2 b/toolchain/Config.in.2
index 2a9ce24ef4..2da5670a22 100644
--- a/toolchain/Config.in.2
+++ b/toolchain/Config.in.2
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ config BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 
 config BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_PREGENERATED
 	bool "Use pregenerated locale data?"
-	depends on BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE
+	depends on BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SOURCE && BROKEN # tarball missing
 	help
 	  Instead of generating the locale data locally you can optionally
 	  download a pregenerated set of locales.