--- a/util/dictionary.sh.in
+++ b/util/dictionary.sh.in
@@ -178,8 +178,6 @@
 			iconv -c -f "$CHARSET"
 	fi
 done
-# Let "$CHARSET" reflect the current locale's charset:
-CHARSET="$(locale -- charmap)"
 if LC_ALL=C expr " $CHARSET" : ' ANSI_X3\.4\>' > /dev/null
 then
 	CHARSET=US-ASCII