diff --git a/src/pipewire/pipewire.c b/src/pipewire/pipewire.c
index 06574f6b6..f0edb1867 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/pipewire.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/pipewire.c
@@ -413,9 +413,6 @@ static const char *i18n_ntext(void *object, const char *msgid, const char *msgid
 
 static void init_i18n(struct support *support)
 {
-	/* XXX: we should remove this setlocale() call, after wireplumber
-	 * XXX: starts setting the locale */
-	setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, "");
 	bindtextdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
 	bind_textdomain_codeset(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
 	pw_set_domain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE);