diff --git a/runcoms/zshenv b/runcoms/zshenv
index f200e0a1d1..caaeaae766 100644
--- a/runcoms/zshenv
+++ b/runcoms/zshenv
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export BUNDLER_EDITOR=vim
 #
 
 if [[ -z "$LANG" ]]; then
-  eval "$(locale)"
+  export LANG='en_US.UTF-8'
 fi
 
 #