diff --git a/src/nsterm.m b/src/nsterm.m
index ed0e7a2aae8..1f17a30272c 100644
--- a/src/nsterm.m
+++ b/src/nsterm.m
@@ -544,10 +544,8 @@ - (NSColor *)colorUsingDefaultColorSpace
       NSString *localeID = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@.UTF-8",
                                      [locale localeIdentifier]];
 
-      /* Set LANG and LC_ALL to locale, but not if the variables are
-         already set.  */
+      /* Set LANG to locale, but not if LANG is already set.  */
       setenv("LANG", [localeID UTF8String], 0);
-      setenv("LC_ALL", [localeID UTF8String], 0);
     }
   @catch (NSException *e)
     {