diff --git a/rc/bashrc b/rc/bashrc
index c9998c68..a25a3473 100755
--- a/rc/bashrc
+++ b/rc/bashrc
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ alias lowernocolon="tr -d ':' | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z'"
 
 # I don't want to reinstall exact same versions that I have
 if hash pacman 2> /dev/null; then
-	alias pacman="LANG=en_DK.UTF-8 pacman --needed"
+	alias pacman="LC_ALL=en_DK.UTF-8 pacman --needed"
 fi
 
 # Sailfish Network status, via IRC
diff --git a/rc/zshrc b/rc/zshrc
index 1bdd8dc2..469878b3 100755
--- a/rc/zshrc
+++ b/rc/zshrc
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ alias lowernocolon="tr -d ':' | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z'"
 
 # I don't want to reinstall exact same versions that I have
 if hash pacman 2> /dev/null; then
-	alias pacman="LANG=en_DK.UTF-8 pacman --needed"
+	alias pacman="LC_ALL=en_DK.UTF-8 pacman --needed"
 fi
 
 # Sailfish Network status, via IRC