diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ad0b2166..07056ee7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+debian-cd (3.1.13-deb7u1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Fixes and changes backported from master for the wheezy build branch:
+    + Make sure that when we call apt, we tell it to *not* use localised
+      package descriptions; this causes issues during build. See #712435 in
+      apt.
+
+ -- Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org>  Mon, 17 June 2013 15:44:32 +0100
+
 debian-cd (3.1.13) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * The traditional "last upload before the stable release" upload...
diff --git a/tools/apt-selection b/tools/apt-selection
index 364a6fbb..ea8ba331 100755
--- a/tools/apt-selection
+++ b/tools/apt-selection
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ options=" -q -o Dir::State::status=$APTTMP/$CODENAME-$ARCH/status \
 		  -o Dir::Etc=$APTTMP/$CODENAME-$ARCH/apt/ \
 		  -o APT::Cache::AllVersions=0 \
 		  -o APT::Cache::ShowVersion=1 \
-		  -o APT::Architecture=$ARCH "
+		  -o APT::Architecture=$ARCH \
+		  -o Acquire::Languages=none"
 
 sections=main
 if [ "${NONFREE:-0}" != "0" ] || [ "${EXTRANONFREE:-0}" != "0" ] || [ "${FORCE_FIRMWARE:-0}" != "0" ]; then