diff --git a/builtin/clean.c b/builtin/clean.c
index 4a312abc6b..2d0054be58 100644
--- a/builtin/clean.c
+++ b/builtin/clean.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		dir.flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED;
 
 	if (ignored && ignored_only)
-		die("-x and -X cannot be used together");
+		die(_("-x and -X cannot be used together"));
 
 	if (!show_only && !force)
 		die("clean.requireForce %s to true and neither -n nor -f given; "
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	dir.flags |= DIR_SHOW_OTHER_DIRECTORIES;
 
 	if (read_cache() < 0)
-		die("index file corrupt");
+		die(_("index file corrupt"));
 
 	if (!ignored)
 		setup_standard_excludes(&dir);
@@ -146,20 +146,20 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			qname = quote_path_relative(directory.buf, directory.len, &buf, prefix);
 			if (show_only && (remove_directories ||
 			    (matches == MATCHED_EXACTLY))) {
-				printf("Would remove %s\n", qname);
+				printf(_("Would remove %s\n"), qname);
 			} else if (remove_directories ||
 				   (matches == MATCHED_EXACTLY)) {
 				if (!quiet)
-					printf("Removing %s\n", qname);
+					printf(_("Removing %s\n"), qname);
 				if (remove_dir_recursively(&directory,
 							   rm_flags) != 0) {
-					warning("failed to remove %s", qname);
+					warning(_("failed to remove %s"), qname);
 					errors++;
 				}
 			} else if (show_only) {
-				printf("Would not remove %s\n", qname);
+				printf(_("Would not remove %s\n"), qname);
 			} else {
-				printf("Not removing %s\n", qname);
+				printf(_("Not removing %s\n"), qname);
 			}
 			strbuf_reset(&directory);
 		} else {
@@ -167,13 +167,13 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				continue;
 			qname = quote_path_relative(ent->name, -1, &buf, prefix);
 			if (show_only) {
-				printf("Would remove %s\n", qname);
+				printf(_("Would remove %s\n"), qname);
 				continue;
 			} else if (!quiet) {
-				printf("Removing %s\n", qname);
+				printf(_("Removing %s\n"), qname);
 			}
 			if (unlink(ent->name) != 0) {
-				warning("failed to remove %s", qname);
+				warning(_("failed to remove %s"), qname);
 				errors++;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/t/t7012-skip-worktree-writing.sh b/t/t7012-skip-worktree-writing.sh
index 582d0b54f1..14fcb1c7f5 100755
--- a/t/t7012-skip-worktree-writing.sh
+++ b/t/t7012-skip-worktree-writing.sh
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ cat >expected <<EOF
 Would remove expected
 Would remove result
 EOF
-test_expect_success 'git-clean, absent case' '
+test_expect_success C_LOCALE_OUTPUT 'git-clean, absent case' '
 	setup_absent &&
 	git clean -n > result &&
 	test_cmp expected result
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'git-clean, dirty case' '
+test_expect_success C_LOCALE_OUTPUT 'git-clean, dirty case' '
 	setup_dirty &&
 	git clean -n > result &&
 	test_cmp expected result
diff --git a/t/t7300-clean.sh b/t/t7300-clean.sh
index 02f67b73b7..7e1be44402 100755
--- a/t/t7300-clean.sh
+++ b/t/t7300-clean.sh
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git clean with prefix' '
 
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'git clean with relative prefix' '
+test_expect_success C_LOCALE_OUTPUT 'git clean with relative prefix' '
 
 	mkdir -p build docs &&
 	touch a.out src/part3.c docs/manual.txt obj.o build/lib.so &&
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git clean with relative prefix' '
 	}
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'git clean with absolute path' '
+test_expect_success C_LOCALE_OUTPUT 'git clean with absolute path' '
 
 	mkdir -p build docs &&
 	touch a.out src/part3.c docs/manual.txt obj.o build/lib.so &&
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ test_expect_success 'clean.requireForce and -f' '
 
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'core.excludesfile' '
+test_expect_success C_LOCALE_OUTPUT 'core.excludesfile' '
 
 	echo excludes >excludes &&
 	echo included >included &&