diff --git a/libnma/.signature b/libnma/.signature
index 0c9d9000a..fb7384132 100644
--- a/libnma/.signature
+++ b/libnma/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF3z/IPhPXqCTRHXHZjh0aQfibGO0LKcWFQyuX9qszEuN9q99pz0QLWmsXR2lqcbz2D371ZMJwEQ8mJo1meTSI5QA=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 5f2b5e67ef13b726263ff4ff25e8ec2bf45db7df8af6e63bcf1f082e6dbe449f
+RWSagIOpLGJF37seV+yaPGW1O+qLLMN3GQeotoMhhpTXQ1EuNCtwmRqnoKX2v0ZzYTFHTB6xGY7fpFI/dIpJEJdfnGycTLMIPws=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 462776142db11267f687bfc2a5fad90c24bf5cd6542349bf9518925e446862db
 SHA256 (.footprint) = 4276de43dd9e333d3222661bc38dcfc62115444887fbac0cb149e2a6fde2abef
 SHA256 (libnma-1.8.30.tar.bz2) = f651093668f2306f38e5d48f272441e4807ec87aa98d09f7dc260981ff40995d
diff --git a/libnma/Pkgfile b/libnma/Pkgfile
index fa5b01e60..80b30dcba 100644
--- a/libnma/Pkgfile
+++ b/libnma/Pkgfile
@@ -9,12 +9,17 @@ release=1
 source=(https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libnma/-/archive/$version/libnma-$version.tar.bz2)
 
 build() {
-  meson $name-$version build \
+  # don't build nls
+  rm -r $name-$version/po
+  sed -e '298d' -i $name-$version/meson.build
+
+  meson setup $name-$version build \
     --prefix=/usr \
+    --buildtype=plain \
+    -Db_ndebug=true \
     -Dmobile_broadband_provider_info=false \
     -Dgtk_doc=false \
     -Dvapi=false
-  ninja -C build
+  meson compile -C build
   DESTDIR=$PKG meson install -C build
-  rm -r $PKG/usr/share/locale/
 }