diff --git a/wicd/misc.py b/wicd/misc.py
index f380794..3b66f2f 100644
--- a/wicd/misc.py
+++ b/wicd/misc.py
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ class WicdError(Exception):
     pass
     
 
-__LANG = None
 def Run(cmd, include_stderr=False, return_pipe=False,
         return_obj=False, return_retcode=True):
     """ Run a command.
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ def Run(cmd, include_stderr=False, return_pipe=False,
                  for the command that was run.
 
     """
-    global __LANG
     if not isinstance(cmd, list):
         cmd = to_unicode(str(cmd))
         cmd = cmd.split()
@@ -110,11 +108,9 @@ def Run(cmd, include_stderr=False, return_pipe=False,
     
     # We need to make sure that the results of the command we run
     # are in English, so we set up a temporary environment.
-    if not __LANG:
-        __LANG = get_good_lang()
     tmpenv = os.environ.copy()
-    tmpenv["LC_ALL"] = __LANG
-    tmpenv["LANG"] = __LANG
+    tmpenv["LC_ALL"] = "C"
+    tmpenv["LANG"] = "C"
     
     try:
         f = Popen(cmd, shell=False, stdout=PIPE, stdin=std_in, stderr=err,
@@ -123,7 +119,6 @@ def Run(cmd, include_stderr=False, return_pipe=False,
         print "Running command %s failed: %s" % (str(cmd), str(e))
         return ""
         
-    
     if return_obj:
         return f
     if return_pipe:
@@ -131,14 +126,6 @@ def Run(cmd, include_stderr=False, return_pipe=False,
     else:
         return f.communicate()[0]
     
-def get_good_lang():
-    """ Check if en_US.utf8 is an available locale, if not use C. """
-    output = Popen(["locale", "-a"], shell=False, stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0]
-    if "en_US.utf8" in output:
-        return "en_US.utf8"
-    else:
-        return "C"
-    
 def LaunchAndWait(cmd):
     """ Launches the given program with the given arguments, then blocks.
 
@@ -553,4 +540,3 @@ def grouper(n, iterable, fillvalue=None):
     """
     args = [iter(iterable)] * n
     return izip_longest(fillvalue=fillvalue, *args)
-