2 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9f64552f09d6..5f333bf870f4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ MAKEFLAGS += -rR --no-print-directory
 
 # Avoid funny character set dependencies
 unexport LC_ALL
-LC_CTYPE=C
 LC_COLLATE=C
 LC_NUMERIC=C
-export LC_CTYPE LC_COLLATE LC_NUMERIC
+export LC_COLLATE LC_NUMERIC
 
 # We are using a recursive build, so we need to do a little thinking
 # to get the ordering right.
diff --git a/arch/sh/tools/Makefile b/arch/sh/tools/Makefile
index 558a56bcc7cf..2082af1f3fef 100644
--- a/arch/sh/tools/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/tools/Makefile
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 include/generated/machtypes.h: $(src)/gen-mach-types $(src)/mach-types
         @echo '  Generating $@'
         $(Q)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-        $(Q)$(AWK) -f $^ > $@ || { rm -f $@; /bin/false; }
+        $(Q)LC_ALL=C $(AWK) -f $^ > $@ || { rm -f $@; /bin/false; }