diff --git a/build.js b/build.js
index 7dbb62505..7e0f6cddc 100644
--- a/build.js
+++ b/build.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function rp(f) {
 }
 
 function stringify(o) {
-    return JSON.stringify(o, null, 4);
+    return JSON.stringify(o);
 }
 
 function validate(file, instance, schema) {
diff --git a/data/update_locales.js b/data/update_locales.js
index c6fbeb3ad..e36f18b22 100644
--- a/data/update_locales.js
+++ b/data/update_locales.js
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ asyncMap(resources, getResource, function(err, locales) {
     for (var i in locale) {
         if (i === 'en' || _.isEmpty(locale[i])) continue;
         codes.push(i);
-        fs.writeFileSync(outdir + i + '.json', JSON.stringify(locale[i], null, 4));
+        fs.writeFileSync(outdir + i + '.json', JSON.stringify(locale[i]));
     }
 
-    fs.writeFileSync('data/locales.json', JSON.stringify(codes, null, 4));
+    fs.writeFileSync('data/locales.json', JSON.stringify(codes));
 });
 
 function getResource(resource, callback) {