diff --git a/locale/circuitpython.pot b/locale/circuitpython.pot
index e3afc8e004..259cd34d45 100644
--- a/locale/circuitpython.pot
+++ b/locale/circuitpython.pot
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "  File \"%q\", line %d"
 msgstr ""
 
+#: py/builtinhelp.c
+msgid " is of type %q\n"
+msgstr ""
+
 #: main.c
 msgid " output:\n"
 msgstr ""
@@ -3308,6 +3312,10 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "number of points must be at least 2"
 msgstr ""
 
+#: py/builtinhelp.c
+msgid "object "
+msgstr ""
+
 #: py/obj.c
 msgid "object '%q' is not a tuple or list"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/arduino_mkrzero/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/arduino_mkrzero/mpconfigboard.mk
index 7eb83a1230..20307fc051 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/arduino_mkrzero/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/arduino_mkrzero/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ LONGINT_IMPL = NONE
 CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD = 0
 
 SUPEROPT_GC = 0
+SUPEROPT_VM = 0
+CFLAGS_INLINE_LIMIT = 40
diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/feather_m0_adalogger/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/feather_m0_adalogger/mpconfigboard.mk
index 143910318d..ab6c4ed99d 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/feather_m0_adalogger/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/feather_m0_adalogger/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ LONGINT_IMPL = NONE
 CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD = 0
 
 SUPEROPT_GC = 0
+SUPEROPT_VM = 0
diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/gemma_m0/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/gemma_m0/mpconfigboard.mk
index 0345417a98..e1c0f4b9a7 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/gemma_m0/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/gemma_m0/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(TRANSLATION), de_DE)
 RELEASE_NEEDS_CLEAN_BUILD = 1
 CFLAGS_INLINE_LIMIT = 35
+SUPEROPT_VM = 0
 endif
diff --git a/py/builtinhelp.c b/py/builtinhelp.c
index d12e088d60..e1dcb60962 100644
--- a/py/builtinhelp.c
+++ b/py/builtinhelp.c
@@ -152,9 +152,18 @@ STATIC void mp_help_print_obj(const mp_obj_t obj) {
     mp_obj_type_t *type = mp_obj_get_type(obj);
 
     // try to print something sensible about the given object
-    mp_print_str(MP_PYTHON_PRINTER, "object ");
+    const compressed_string_t* compressed = translate("object ");
+    char decompressed_object[decompress_length(compressed)];
+    decompress(compressed, decompressed_object);
+
+    mp_print_str(MP_PYTHON_PRINTER, decompressed_object);
     mp_obj_print(obj, PRINT_STR);
-    mp_printf(MP_PYTHON_PRINTER, " is of type %q\n", type->name);
+
+    compressed = translate(" is of type %q\n");
+    char decompressed_typestring[decompress_length(compressed)];
+    decompress(compressed, decompressed_typestring);
+
+    mp_printf(MP_PYTHON_PRINTER, decompressed_typestring, type->name);
 
     mp_map_t *map = NULL;
     if (type == &mp_type_module) {