diff --git a/lang/gawk/Makefile b/lang/gawk/Makefile
index b27d8f85dc81..70849231e424 100644
--- a/lang/gawk/Makefile
+++ b/lang/gawk/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	gawk
 MAINTAINER=	dd@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	The GNU version of Awk
 
+INFO=		gawk gawkinet
+
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${OSVERSION} >= 500039
@@ -26,6 +28,13 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-libiconv-prefix=${LOCALBASE} \
 MAN1=		gawk.1 igawk.1
 
 PLIST_SUB=	VERSION=${PORTVERSION}
+
+.if !defined(WITHOUT_NLS)
 USE_GETTEXT=	yes
+PLIST_SUB+=	NLS=""
+.else
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--disable-nls
+PLIST_SUB+=	NLS="@comment "
+.endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/lang/gawk/pkg-plist b/lang/gawk/pkg-plist
index a1001b85d5f0..e861abb344d4 100644
--- a/lang/gawk/pkg-plist
+++ b/lang/gawk/pkg-plist
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@ bin/gawk-%%VERSION%%
 bin/igawk
 bin/pgawk
 bin/pgawk-%%VERSION%%
-@unexec install-info --delete %D/info/gawk.info %D/info/dir
-info/gawk.info
-@exec install-info %D/info/gawk.info %D/info/dir
-@unexec install-info --delete %D/info/gawkinet.info %D/info/dir
-info/gawkinet.info
-@exec install-info %D/info/gawkinet.info %D/info/dir
 libexec/awk/grcat
 libexec/awk/pwcat
 share/awk/assert.awk
@@ -28,12 +22,12 @@ share/awk/passwd.awk
 share/awk/readable.awk
 share/awk/rewind.awk
 share/awk/round.awk
-share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gawk.mo
-share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gawk.mo
-share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gawk.mo
-share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gawk.mo
-share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gawk.mo
-share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gawk.mo
-share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gawk.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gawk.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gawk.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gawk.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gawk.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gawk.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gawk.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gawk.mo
 @dirrm share/awk
 @dirrm libexec/awk