diff --git a/src/hidapi/mac/hid.c b/src/hidapi/mac/hid.c
index 41c262fd1..f6420e187 100644
--- a/src/hidapi/mac/hid.c
+++ b/src/hidapi/mac/hid.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <IOKit/hid/IOHIDKeys.h>
 #include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
 #include <wchar.h>
-#include <locale.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -448,8 +447,6 @@ struct hid_device_info  HID_API_EXPORT *hid_enumerate(unsigned short vendor_id,
 	CFIndex num_devices;
 	int i;
 	
-	setlocale(LC_ALL,"");
-	
 	/* Set up the HID Manager if it hasn't been done */
 	if (hid_init() < 0)
 		return NULL;
@@ -1153,8 +1150,6 @@ int main(void)
 	IOHIDDeviceRef *device_array = calloc(num_devices, sizeof(IOHIDDeviceRef));
 	CFSetGetValues(device_set, (const void **) device_array);
 	
-	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
-	
 	for (i = 0; i < num_devices; i++) {
 		IOHIDDeviceRef dev = device_array[i];
 		printf("Device: %p\n", dev);