diff --git a/runcoms/zshenv b/runcoms/zshenv
index 54cd790fdb..9ff39e0675 100644
--- a/runcoms/zshenv
+++ b/runcoms/zshenv
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export PAGER='less'
 #
 
 if [[ -z "$LANG" ]]; then
-  eval "$(locale)"
+  export LANG='en_US.UTF-8'
 fi
 
 #