diff --git a/clibs b/clibs
index 27c8b3202..f91ef37f0 160000
--- a/clibs
+++ b/clibs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 27c8b3202b52766465743c3324fc0b52c5ba4b11
+Subproject commit f91ef37f08c5244bf616f1836c0aa9caaf36805c
diff --git a/src/kernel/xmlreader.c b/src/kernel/xmlreader.c
index d89259317..5ce6800ef 100644
--- a/src/kernel/xmlreader.c
+++ b/src/kernel/xmlreader.c
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@ static void xml_readtext(xmlNodePtr node, struct locale **lang, xmlChar ** text)
     xmlChar *propValue = xmlGetProp(node, BAD_CAST "locale");
     assert(propValue != NULL);
     *lang = get_locale((const char *)propValue);
-#ifdef MAKE_LOCALES
-    if (*lang == NULL)
-        *lang = get_or_create_locale((const char *)propValue);
-#endif
     xmlFree(propValue);
 
     *text = xmlNodeListGetString(node->doc, node->children, 1);
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a3bcdb866..875a33bf9 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -70,15 +70,13 @@ static void load_inifile(dictionary * d)
     lomem = iniparser_getint(d, "game:lomem", lomem) ? 1 : 0;
 
     verbosity = iniparser_getint(d, "game:verbose", 2);
-    str = iniparser_getstring(d, "game:locales", "de,en");
-    make_locales(str);
 }
 
 static dictionary *parse_config(const char *filename)
 {
     char path[MAX_PATH];
     dictionary *d;
-    const char *cfgpath = config_get("config.path");
+    const char *str, *cfgpath = config_get("config.path");
 
     if (cfgpath) {
         join_path(cfgpath, filename, path, sizeof(path));
@@ -99,6 +97,8 @@ static dictionary *parse_config(const char *filename)
         gm_codepage = iniparser_getint(d, "editor:codepage", gm_codepage);
 #endif
     }
+    str = config_get("game.locales");
+    make_locales(str ? str : "de,en");
     return d;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/util/language.c b/src/util/language.c
index 86a6895be..3f628036d 100644
--- a/src/util/language.c
+++ b/src/util/language.c
@@ -327,10 +327,10 @@ static int locale_init = 0;
 
 void init_locales(void)
 {
-    int l;
+    locale * lang;
     if (locale_init) return;
-    for (l = 0; localenames[l]; ++l) {
-        struct locale *lang = get_or_create_locale(localenames[l]);
+    assert(locales);
+    for (lang = locales; lang; lang = lang->next) {
         init_locale(lang);
     }
     locale_init = 1;