diff --git a/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.40.0-r1.ebuild b/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.40.0-r1.ebuild
index 413523821c225..b2f382c6a5ec9 100644
--- a/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.40.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.40.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ src_configure() {
 }
 
 src_test() {
+	unset LANGUAGE #954214
+
 	# ffmpeg tests are picky and easily break without necessarily
 	# meaning that there are runtime issues (bug #921091,#924276)
 	meson_src_test --no-suite ffmpeg
diff --git a/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild b/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
index e79b68414d165..7307c88582af6 100644
--- a/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ src_configure() {
 }
 
 src_test() {
+	unset LANGUAGE #954214
+
 	# ffmpeg tests are picky and easily break without necessarily
 	# meaning that there are runtime issues (bug #921091,#924276)
 	meson_src_test --no-suite ffmpeg