diff --git a/birdnet-pi/Dockerfile b/birdnet-pi/Dockerfile
index 58761379c..19de3f3c3 100644
--- a/birdnet-pi/Dockerfile
+++ b/birdnet-pi/Dockerfile
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" \
     PYTHON_VIRTUAL_ENV="/home/pi/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/python3" \
     my_dir=/home/pi/BirdNET-Pi/scripts \
     MPLCONFIGDIR="/tmp/.cache/matplotlib" \
-    LANG=en_US.UTF-8 \
     LANGUAGE=en_US:en
     
 # Global LSIO modifications