diff --git a/locales/make_locales.sh b/locales/make_locales.sh
index 708c2ea476..b61240ded3 100755
--- a/locales/make_locales.sh
+++ b/locales/make_locales.sh
@@ -8,18 +8,15 @@ for f in "${@}"; do
 ${code}"
 done
 
-#have a map to iterate over
-map="$(echo "${code}" | grep -F unsigned | sed -e "s/.* \([a-zA-Z_]\+\)\[\] =.*/{\"\1\",{\1,\1+/g" -e "s/.* \([a-zA-Z_]\+\) =.*/\1}},/g" | tr -d '\n' | sed -e "s/}},{/}},\n  {/g")"
-for key in $(echo "${map}" | grep -F '_json"' | sed -e "s/.*{\"//g" -e "s/\",.*//g"); do
-	k="$(echo "${key}" | sed -e "s/_json//g" -e "s/_/-/g")"
-	map="$(echo "${map}" | sed -e "s/\"${key}\"/\"${k}\"/g")"
-done
-
 #output the code
 echo "#include <unordered_map>"
 echo "${code}"
 echo "const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> locales_json = {";
-echo "  ${map}"
+for f in "${@}"; do
+	key="${f%.*}"
+	var="$(echo ${f} | sed -e "s/[-.]/_/g")"
+	echo "  {\"${key}\", {${var}, ${var} + ${var}_len}},"
+done
 echo "};";
 
 #install locales locally for testing