diff --git a/htop.c b/htop.c
index 211489bb..a031cde3 100644
--- a/htop.c
+++ b/htop.c
@@ -184,20 +184,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    }
 #endif
    
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBNCURSESW
-   char *locale = setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL);
-   if (locale == NULL || locale[0] == '\0')
-      locale = setlocale(LC_CTYPE, NULL);
-   if (locale != NULL &&
-       (strstr(locale, "UTF-8") ||
-        strstr(locale, "utf-8") ||
-        strstr(locale, "UTF8")  ||
-        strstr(locale, "utf8")))
-      CRT_utf8 = true;
-   else
-      CRT_utf8 = false;
-#endif
-
    Process_setupColumnWidths();
    
    UsersTable* ut = UsersTable_new();