diff --git a/src/detection/locale/locale_linux.c b/src/detection/locale/locale_linux.c
index 99edccec0..2b0ad2d4f 100644
--- a/src/detection/locale/locale_linux.c
+++ b/src/detection/locale/locale_linux.c
@@ -1,61 +1,15 @@
 #include "detection/locale/locale.h"
 
-#include "common/properties.h"
-#include "common/parsing.h"
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <locale.h>
 
-FF_MAYBE_UNUSED
-static void getLocaleFromEnv(FFstrbuf* locale)
-{
-    ffStrbufAppendS(locale, getenv("LANG"));
-    if(locale->length > 0)
-        return;
-
-    ffStrbufAppendS(locale, getenv("LC_ALL"));
-    if(locale->length > 0)
-        return;
-
-    ffStrbufAppendS(locale, getenv("LC_MESSAGES"));
-}
-
-static void getLocaleFromStdFn(FFstrbuf* locale)
-{
-    #ifdef LC_MESSAGES
-    ffStrbufAppendS(locale, setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, NULL));
-
-    if(locale->length > 0)
-        return;
-    #endif
-
-    ffStrbufAppendS(locale, setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL));
-}
-
 void ffDetectLocale(FFstrbuf* result)
 {
-    #if !(defined(__APPLE__) || defined(_WIN32))
-
-        //Ubuntu (and deriviates) use a non standard locale file.
-        //Parse it first, because on distributions where it exists, it takes precedence.
-        //Otherwise use the standard etc/locale.conf file.
-        ffParsePropFile(FASTFETCH_TARGET_DIR_ETC"/default/locale", "LANG =", result);
-
-        if(result->length > 0)
-            return;
-
-        ffParsePropFile(FASTFETCH_TARGET_DIR_ETC"/locale.conf", "LANG =", result);
-        if(result->length > 0)
-            return;
+    #ifdef LC_MESSAGES
+    ffStrbufAppendS(result, setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, NULL));
 
+    if(result->length > 0)
+        return;
     #endif
 
-    #ifndef _WIN32
-
-        getLocaleFromEnv(result);
-        if(result->length > 0)
-            return;
-
-    #endif
-
-    getLocaleFromStdFn(result);
+    ffStrbufAppendS(result, setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL));
 }
diff --git a/src/detection/locale/locale_windows.c b/src/detection/locale/locale_windows.c
index 128913129..c14732ffb 100644
--- a/src/detection/locale/locale_windows.c
+++ b/src/detection/locale/locale_windows.c
@@ -9,10 +9,5 @@ void ffDetectLocale(FFstrbuf* result)
     wchar_t name[LOCALE_NAME_MAX_LENGTH];
     int size = GetUserDefaultLocaleName(name, LOCALE_NAME_MAX_LENGTH);
     if (size > 1) // including '\0'
-    {
         ffStrbufSetNWS(result, (uint32_t)size - 1, name);
-        ffStrbufAppendS(result, ".UTF-8"); // set explicitly in `ffInitInstance`
-    }
-    else
-        ffStrbufSetS(result, setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL));
 }