diff --git a/data/system/boot/SetupEnvironment b/data/system/boot/SetupEnvironment
index e7fc54dcac..3423089b88 100644
--- a/data/system/boot/SetupEnvironment
+++ b/data/system/boot/SetupEnvironment
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #
 
 export HOME=/boot/home
-export LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
 
 BUILDHOME=/boot/system/develop