diff --git a/menu/intl/menu_hash_de.c b/menu/intl/menu_hash_de.c
index 3f1d785718..0f773d4d03 100644
--- a/menu/intl/menu_hash_de.c
+++ b/menu/intl/menu_hash_de.c
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
   * If you save this file as UTF-8, you'll break non-english characters
   * (e.g. German "Umlauts" and Portugese diacritics).
  */
-extern const char encoding_test[sizeof("�������")==7+1 ? 1 : -1];
+/* DO NOT REMOVE THIS. If it causes build failure, it's because you saved the file as UTF-8. Read the above comment. */
+extern const char force_iso_8859_1[sizeof("�������")==7+1 ? 1 : -1];
 
 const char *menu_hash_to_str_de(uint32_t hash)
 {
diff --git a/menu/intl/menu_hash_fr.c b/menu/intl/menu_hash_fr.c
index 145dfdbde0..f273aa5f62 100644
--- a/menu/intl/menu_hash_fr.c
+++ b/menu/intl/menu_hash_fr.c
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
   * If you save this file as UTF-8, you'll break non-english characters
   * (e.g. German "Umlauts" and Portugese diacritics).
  */
-extern const char encoding_test[sizeof("������")==6+1 ? 1 : -1];
+/* DO NOT REMOVE THIS. If it causes build failure, it's because you saved the file as UTF-8. Read the above comment. */
+extern const char force_iso_8859_1[sizeof("������")==6+1 ? 1 : -1];
 
 const char *menu_hash_to_str_fr(uint32_t hash)
 {
diff --git a/menu/intl/menu_hash_pt.c b/menu/intl/menu_hash_pt.c
index 74bd493cfd..7d4e9f156a 100644
--- a/menu/intl/menu_hash_pt.c
+++ b/menu/intl/menu_hash_pt.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
   * If you save this file as UTF-8, you'll break non-english characters
   * (e.g. German "Umlauts" and Portugese diacritics).
  */
+/* DO NOT REMOVE THIS. If it causes build failure, it's because you saved the file as UTF-8. Read the above comment. */
+extern const char force_iso_8859_1[sizeof("áÁâãçéêíÍóõú")==12+1 ? 1 : -1];
 
 const char *menu_hash_to_str_pt(uint32_t hash)
 {