diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fzf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fzf/default.nix
index df10755f14c9..0fd40b8732bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fzf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fzf/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 , bc
 , ncurses
 , perl
-, glibcLocales
 , testers
 , fzf
 }:
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ let
   # warnings on non-nixos machines
   ourPerl = if !stdenv.isLinux then perl else (
     writeShellScriptBin "perl" ''
-      export LOCALE_ARCHIVE="${glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive"
+      export PERL_BADLANG=0
       exec ${perl}/bin/perl "$@"
     '');
 in