diff --git a/graphene.spec b/graphene.spec
index 6dfe853..8f7e5e0 100644
--- a/graphene.spec
+++ b/graphene.spec
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ the functionality of the installed %{name} package.
 
 
 %build
-# meson errors out without a utf8 LANG set
-# https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/1085
-export LANG=C.UTF-8
-
 %meson
 %meson_build