diff --git a/locales/Makefile.in b/locales/Makefile.in
--- a/locales/Makefile.in
+++ b/locales/Makefile.in
@@ -5,30 +5,30 @@
 
 
 DEPTH=../../..
 topsrcdir=@top_srcdir@
 srcdir=@srcdir@
 VPATH=@srcdir@
 relativesrcdir = extensions/irc/locales
 
+STANDALONE_MAKEFILE := 1
+
 CHATZILLA_VERSION=$(shell grep "const __cz_version" "$(srcdir)/../xul/content/static.js" | sed "s|.*\"\([^\"]\{1,\}\)\".*|\1|")
 CHATZILLA_BASE_VERSION=$(shell echo "$(CHATZILLA_VERSION)" | sed "s|\([0-9]\{1,\}\.[0-9]\{1,\}\.[0-9]\{1,\}\).*|\1|")
 
 XPI_NAME               = chatzilla
 USE_EXTENSION_MANIFEST = 1
 NO_JAR_AUTO_REG        = 1
 INSTALL_EXTENSION_ID   = {59c81df5-4b7a-477b-912d-4e0fdf64e5f2}
 XPI_PKGNAME            = chatzilla-$(CHATZILLA_VERSION)
 
 # include config.mk before we override the AB_CD var it sets
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/config.mk
 
-STANDALONE_MAKEFILE := 1
-
 # if the wanted language is not in all-locales, fall back to en-US
 ifeq (,$(filter $(AB_CD),$(shell cat $(srcdir)/all-locales)))
 override AB_CD = en-US
 endif
 
 DEFINES += -DAB_CD=$(AB_CD)
 
 ifneq (en-US,$(AB_CD))