diff --git a/hshbase/locale.sls b/hshbase/locale.sls
index 094014871d626f29f8b4ed03f2ac7bf00ed84f26..8458b67762f930fde51940083bb83f303d737d15 100644
--- a/hshbase/locale.sls
+++ b/hshbase/locale.sls
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% from "hshbase/map.jinja" import hshbase with context %}
 
-{% if grains['os'] in ('Debian', 'Ubuntu') %}
+{% if grains['os'] in ('Debian', 'Ubuntu') and grains['oscodename'] != 'squeeze' %}
 locales:
   pkg.installed