diff --git a/src/server.cc b/src/server.cc
index 2493f969..c503671c 100644
--- a/src/server.cc
+++ b/src/server.cc
@@ -145,20 +145,11 @@ init_server (int argc,
     return _EXIT_FAILURE_WRONG_ID;
   }
 
-  if (setlocale (LC_ALL, "") == nullptr) {
-    g_printerr ("Locale not supported.\n");
-    return _EXIT_FAILURE_UNSUPPORTED_LOCALE;
-  }
-
   terminal_i18n_init (TRUE);
 
   g_unsetenv ("CHARSET");
   g_unsetenv ("OUTPUT_CHARSET");
   const char *charset;
-  if (!g_get_charset (&charset)) {
-    g_printerr ("Non UTF-8 locale (%s) is not supported!\n", charset);
-    return _EXIT_FAILURE_NO_UTF8;
-  }
 
   /* Sanitise environment */
   g_unsetenv ("DBUS_STARTER_BUS_TYPE");