diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 5fe307f0ef..2e6ae4fbdb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -687,7 +687,6 @@ jobs:
           [ -x ~/venv/bin/activate ] && source ~/venv/bin/activate
           export LC_ALL=C
           export LC_CTYPE=C
-          export LC_NUMERIC=fr_FR.UTF-8
           if [ "${MATRIX_BUILD}" = 'cmake' ]; then
             cmake --build bld --verbose --target "${TEST_TARGET}"
           else