diff --git a/launcher/main.cpp b/launcher/main.cpp
index 46368e72e..2bce655d2 100644
--- a/launcher/main.cpp
+++ b/launcher/main.cpp
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
-    // try to set the utf-8 locale for the libarchive
-    for (auto name : { ".UTF-8", "en_US.UTF-8", "C.UTF-8" }) {
-        if (std::setlocale(LC_CTYPE, name)) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
     // initialize Qt
     Application app(argc, argv);