diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx.cpp b/src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx.cpp
index 4122788b1c..4c1366d85b 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx.cpp
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx.cpp
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
 {
 	using namespace lyx;
 
-	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
+	//setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
 
 	lyxerr.setStream(cerr);