--- fontconfig-2.13.0/src/fccfg.c~	2018-02-04 12:01:46.000000000 +0100
+++ fontconfig-2.13.0/src/fccfg.c	2018-03-13 20:32:13.830636749 +0100
@@ -39,18 +39,6 @@
 FcConfigEnsure (void)
 {
     FcConfig	*config;
-    FcBool	is_locale_initialized;
-    static void *static_is_locale_initialized;
-retry_locale:
-    is_locale_initialized = (intptr_t) fc_atomic_ptr_get (&static_is_locale_initialized);
-    if (!is_locale_initialized)
-    {
-	is_locale_initialized = FcTrue;
-	if (!fc_atomic_ptr_cmpexch (&static_is_locale_initialized, NULL,
-				    (void *)(intptr_t) is_locale_initialized))
-	    goto retry_locale;
-	setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
-    }
 retry_config:
     config = fc_atomic_ptr_get (&_fcConfig);
     if (!config)