diff --git a/ext/shout2/gstshout2.c b/ext/shout2/gstshout2.c
index ee6a6baccc..cc58453ac2 100644
--- a/ext/shout2/gstshout2.c
+++ b/ext/shout2/gstshout2.c
@@ -799,7 +799,6 @@ static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 {
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
-  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
   bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
   bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
 #endif /* ENABLE_NLS */
diff --git a/gst/avi/gstavi.c b/gst/avi/gstavi.c
index e2569b067e..b4cf0ad4aa 100644
--- a/gst/avi/gstavi.c
+++ b/gst/avi/gstavi.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
   gst_riff_init ();
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
-  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
   bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
   bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
 #endif /* ENABLE_NLS */
diff --git a/gst/isomp4/isomp4-plugin.c b/gst/isomp4/isomp4-plugin.c
index 27af5d91ea..7ff78cee75 100644
--- a/gst/isomp4/isomp4-plugin.c
+++ b/gst/isomp4/isomp4-plugin.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 {
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
-  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
   bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
   bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
 #endif /* ENABLE_NLS */
diff --git a/gst/rtsp/gstrtsp.c b/gst/rtsp/gstrtsp.c
index 7f1265307a..66e2c3f6d4 100644
--- a/gst/rtsp/gstrtsp.c
+++ b/gst/rtsp/gstrtsp.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 {
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
-  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
   bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
   bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
 #endif /* ENABLE_NLS */
diff --git a/sys/sunaudio/gstsunaudio.c b/sys/sunaudio/gstsunaudio.c
index 433fba248a..633c1f0128 100644
--- a/sys/sunaudio/gstsunaudio.c
+++ b/sys/sunaudio/gstsunaudio.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
   GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (sunaudio_debug, "sunaudio", 0, "sunaudio elements");
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
-  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
   bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
   bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
 #endif /* ENABLE_NLS */
diff --git a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2.c b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2.c
index 12b247fb22..a61d6ab702 100644
--- a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2.c
+++ b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2.c
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
     return FALSE;
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
-  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
   bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
   bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
 #endif /* ENABLE_NLS */