diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index 74f7bf3..6f8dcb2 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -1485,11 +1485,6 @@ main() {
     # that it doesn't change beneath us.
     pid=${KISS_PID:-$$}
 
-    # Force the C locale to speed up things like 'grep' which disable unicode
-    # etc when this is set. We don't need unicode and a speed up is always
-    # welcome.
-    export LC_ALL=C
-
     # Catch errors and ensure that build files and directories are cleaned
     # up before we die. This occurs on 'Ctrl+C' as well as success and error.
     trap pkg_clean EXIT INT