diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9d7e84e04fbe3168c6026bcbcb366cca50adefce..fed13b759207d6e129d6c09e818b7b513c94573b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pytest:
   stage: test
   only: [merge_requests]
   script:
-    - export LANG=C  # Hopefully detect anything relying on locale
+    #- export LANG=C  # Hopefully detect anything relying on locale
     - python3 -m pip install ".[test]"
     - python3 -m pytest --color yes --verbose --cov=cal_tools --cov=xfel_calibrate
   #  Nope... https://docs.gitlab.com/12.10/ee/user/project/merge_requests/test_coverage_visualization.html#enabling-the-feature
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ automated_test:
   tags:
     - integration
   script:
-    - export LANG=C  # Hopefully detect anything relying on locale
+    #- export LANG=C  # Hopefully detect anything relying on locale
     - python3 -m pip install ".[test]"
     - echo "Running automated test. This can take sometime to finish depending on the test data."
     - echo "Given variables are REFERENCE=$REFERENCE, OUTPUT=$OUTPUT, DETECTORS=$DETECTORS, CALIBRATION=$CALIBRATION"