Figured out how to exclude the locales from the no deps build

src/build-no-dependencies.js

@@ -3,6 +3,26 @@
     name: "components/almond/almond.js",
     out: "../builds/converse-no-dependencies.min.js",
     include: ['converse'],
+    excludeShallow: [
+        'locales',
+        'text!af',
+        'text!de',
+        'text!en',
+        'text!es',
+        'text!fr',
+        'text!he',
+        'text!hu',
+        'text!id',
+        'text!it',
+        'text!ja',
+        'text!nb',
+        'text!nl',
+        'text!pl',
+        'text!pt_BR',
+        'text!ru',
+        'text!uk',
+        'text!zh'
+    ],
     exclude: [
         'jquery',
         'jquery-private',

src/wrapper-end.js

@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ define('backbone', [], emptyFunction);
 define('backbone.browserStorage', ['backbone'], emptyFunction);
 define('backbone.overview', ['backbone'], emptyFunction);
 define('otr', [], function () { return { 'DSA': DSA, 'OTR': OTR };});
+define("locales", [], emptyFunction);