diff --git a/midori/midori-app.c b/midori/midori-app.c
index bd6590fa..cc43b7ef 100644
--- a/midori/midori-app.c
+++ b/midori/midori-app.c
@@ -1418,7 +1418,6 @@ midori_app_setup (gint               *argc,
     midori_paths_init_exec_path (*argument_vector, *argc);
 
     #if ENABLE_NLS
-    setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
     if (g_getenv ("MIDORI_NLSPATH"))
         bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, g_getenv ("MIDORI_NLSPATH"));
     else