diff --git a/src/event.cxx b/src/event.cxx
index a37f6fa..2b645aa 100644
--- a/src/event.cxx
+++ b/src/event.cxx
@@ -4246,10 +4246,10 @@ CEvent::SetLanguage (Language lang)
 
   {
     putenv (env);
-#ifdef __GLIBC__
+#ifndef EMSCRIPTEN
     extern int _nl_msg_cat_cntr;
     ++_nl_msg_cat_cntr;
-#endif /* __GLIBC__ */
+#endif /* EMSCRIPTEN */
   }
 
   SDL_SetWindowTitle (g_window, gettext ("Planet Blupi"));