--- a/libc/timezone/zic.c
+++ b/libc/timezone/zic.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ static char	elsieid[] = "@(#)zic.c	8.19"
 #ifdef CROSS_ZIC
 #define REPORT_BUGS_TO ""
 #define PKGVERSION ""
+#undef _
+#define _(X) (X)
 #else
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
@@ -490,6 +492,7 @@ char *	argv[];
 #ifdef unix
 	(void) umask(umask(S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH) | (S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH));
 #endif /* defined unix */
+#ifndef CROSS_ZIC
 #if HAVE_GETTEXT
 	(void) setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 #ifdef TZ_DOMAINDIR
@@ -497,6 +500,7 @@ char *	argv[];
 #endif /* defined TEXTDOMAINDIR */
 	(void) textdomain(TZ_DOMAIN);
 #endif /* HAVE_GETTEXT */
+#endif
 	progname = argv[0];
 	if (TYPE_BIT(zic_t) < 64) {
 		(void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", progname,