diff --git a/lib/chroot-buildpackages.sh b/lib/chroot-buildpackages.sh
index ca1896104e..a1cb030cfd 100644
--- a/lib/chroot-buildpackages.sh
+++ b/lib/chroot-buildpackages.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ create_chroot()
 	components['focal']='main,universe,multiverse'
 	components['jammy']='main,universe,multiverse'
 	display_alert "Creating build chroot" "$release/$arch" "info"
-	local includes="ccache,locales,git,ca-certificates,devscripts,libfile-fcntllock-perl,debhelper,rsync,python3,distcc,apt-utils"
+	local includes="ccache,locales,git,ca-certificates,libfile-fcntllock-perl,rsync,python3,distcc,apt-utils"
 
 	# perhaps a temporally workaround
 	case $release in
@@ -72,9 +72,15 @@ create_chroot()
 		mkdir -p  "${target_dir}"/usr/share/keyrings/ && \
 		cp /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg "${target_dir}"/usr/share/keyrings/
 
-	chroot "${target_dir}" /bin/bash -c "/debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage"
+	eval 'LC_ALL=C LANG=C chroot "${target_dir}" \
+		/bin/bash -c "/debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage"'
 	[[ $? -ne 0 || ! -f "${target_dir}"/bin/bash ]] && exit_with_error "Create chroot second stage failed"
 
+	[[ -f "${target_dir}"/etc/locale.gen ]] && \
+		sed -i '/en_US.UTF-8/s/^# //g' "${target_dir}"/etc/locale.gen
+	eval 'LC_ALL=C LANG=C chroot "${target_dir}" \
+		/bin/bash -c "locale-gen; update-locale --reset LANG=en_US.UTF-8"'
+
 	create_sources_list "$release" "${target_dir}"
 	[[ $NO_APT_CACHER != yes ]] && \
 		echo 'Acquire::http { Proxy "http://localhost:3142"; };' > "${target_dir}"/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02proxy
@@ -83,10 +89,6 @@ create_chroot()
 	APT::Install-Suggests "0";
 	EOF
 
-	[[ -f "${target_dir}"/etc/locale.gen ]] && \
-		sed -i '/en_US.UTF-8/s/^# //g' "${target_dir}"/etc/locale.gen
-	chroot "${target_dir}" /bin/bash -c "locale-gen; update-locale --reset LANG=en_US.UTF-8"
-
 	printf '#!/bin/sh\nexit 101' > "${target_dir}"/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d
 	chmod 755 "${target_dir}"/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d
 	rm "${target_dir}"/etc/resolv.conf 2>/dev/null
@@ -98,15 +100,26 @@ create_chroot()
 		rm -rf "${target_dir}"/var/lock 2>/dev/null
 		mkdir -p "${target_dir}"/var/lock
 	fi
-	chroot "${target_dir}" /bin/bash -c "/usr/sbin/update-ccache-symlinks"
+	eval 'LC_ALL=C LANG=C chroot "${target_dir}" \
+		/bin/bash -c "/usr/sbin/update-ccache-symlinks"'
 
 	display_alert "Upgrading packages in" "${target_dir}" "info"
-	chroot "${target_dir}" /bin/bash -c "apt-get -q update; apt-get -q -y upgrade; apt-get clean"
+	eval 'LC_ALL=C LANG=C chroot "${target_dir}" \
+		/bin/bash -c "apt-get -q update; apt-get -q -y upgrade; apt-get clean"'
 	date +%s >"$target_dir/root/.update-timestamp"
 
+	# Install some packages with a large list of dependencies after the update.
+	# This optimizes the process and eliminates looping when calculating
+	# dependencies.
+	eval 'LC_ALL=C LANG=C chroot "${target_dir}" \
+		/bin/bash -c "apt-get install \
+		-q -y --no-install-recommends debhelper devscripts"'
+
+
 	case $release in
 	bullseye|focal|hirsute|sid)
-		chroot "${target_dir}" /bin/bash -c "apt-get install python-is-python3"
+		eval 'LC_ALL=C LANG=C chroot "${target_dir}" \
+			/bin/bash -c "apt-get install python-is-python3"'
 		;;
 	esac