diff --git a/etc/profile.d/00-root-en.sh b/etc/profile.d/00-root-en.sh
index 8fb57643..8cc043c1 100644
--- a/etc/profile.d/00-root-en.sh
+++ b/etc/profile.d/00-root-en.sh
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 if [[ "$(id -u)" == "0" ]]; then
 	unset LC_ALL
 	unset LANGUAGE
-	export LANG="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_CTYPE="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_NUMERIC="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_TIME="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_COLLATE="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_MONETARY="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_MESSAGES="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_PAPER="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_NAME="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_ADDRESS="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_TELEPHONE="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_MEASUREMENT="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_DK.UTF-8"
+	export LANG="C.utf8"
+	export LC_CTYPE="C.utf8"
+	export LC_NUMERIC="C.utf8"
+	export LC_TIME="C.utf8"
+	export LC_COLLATE="C.utf8"
+	export LC_MONETARY="C.utf8"
+	export LC_MESSAGES="C.utf8"
+	export LC_PAPER="C.utf8"
+	export LC_NAME="C.utf8"
+	export LC_ADDRESS="C.utf8"
+	export LC_TELEPHONE="C.utf8"
+	export LC_MEASUREMENT="C.utf8"
+	export LC_IDENTIFICATION="C.utf8"
 fi
diff --git a/rc/bashrc b/rc/bashrc
index 528870fc..a9d063d6 100755
--- a/rc/bashrc
+++ b/rc/bashrc
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@
 if [[ "$(id -u)" == "0" ]]; then
 	unset LC_ALL
 	unset LANGUAGE
-	export LANG="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_CTYPE="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_NUMERIC="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_TIME="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_COLLATE="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_MONETARY="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_MESSAGES="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_PAPER="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_NAME="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_ADDRESS="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_TELEPHONE="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_MEASUREMENT="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_DK.UTF-8"
+	export LANG="C.utf8"
+	export LC_CTYPE="C.utf8"
+	export LC_NUMERIC="C.utf8"
+	export LC_TIME="C.utf8"
+	export LC_COLLATE="C.utf8"
+	export LC_MONETARY="C.utf8"
+	export LC_MESSAGES="C.utf8"
+	export LC_PAPER="C.utf8"
+	export LC_NAME="C.utf8"
+	export LC_ADDRESS="C.utf8"
+	export LC_TELEPHONE="C.utf8"
+	export LC_MEASUREMENT="C.utf8"
+	export LC_IDENTIFICATION="C.utf8"
 fi
 
 # TOC
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ fi
 # the system, so I can do away with a lot of checks for Darwin
 if hash lsb_release 2> /dev/null; then
 	(
-		export LC_ALL="en_DK.UTF-8"
+		export LC_ALL="C.utf8"
 		if hash hostname 2> /dev/null; then
 			hostname --all-fqdns &
 			hostname --all-ip-addresses &
diff --git a/rc/zshrc b/rc/zshrc
index 0f48c30a..a323a27a 100755
--- a/rc/zshrc
+++ b/rc/zshrc
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@
 if [[ "$(id -u)" == "0" ]]; then
 	unset LC_ALL
 	unset LANGUAGE
-	export LANG="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_CTYPE="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_NUMERIC="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_TIME="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_COLLATE="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_MONETARY="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_MESSAGES="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_PAPER="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_NAME="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_ADDRESS="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_TELEPHONE="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_MEASUREMENT="en_DK.UTF-8"
-	export LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_DK.UTF-8"
+	export LANG="C.utf8"
+	export LC_CTYPE="C.utf8"
+	export LC_NUMERIC="C.utf8"
+	export LC_TIME="C.utf8"
+	export LC_COLLATE="C.utf8"
+	export LC_MONETARY="C.utf8"
+	export LC_MESSAGES="C.utf8"
+	export LC_PAPER="C.utf8"
+	export LC_NAME="C.utf8"
+	export LC_ADDRESS="C.utf8"
+	export LC_TELEPHONE="C.utf8"
+	export LC_MEASUREMENT="C.utf8"
+	export LC_IDENTIFICATION="C.utf8"
 fi
 
 # TOC
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fi
 # the system, so I can do away with a lot of checks for Darwin
 if hash lsb_release 2> /dev/null; then
 	(
-		export LC_ALL="en_DK.UTF-8"
+		export LC_ALL="C.utf8"
 		if hash hostname 2> /dev/null; then
 			hostname --all-fqdns &
 			hostname --all-ip-addresses &