diff --git a/.zsh/exports.zsh b/.zsh/exports.zsh
index 75e1d5b..be2abc5 100644
--- a/.zsh/exports.zsh
+++ b/.zsh/exports.zsh
@@ -11,5 +11,3 @@ export HISTFILE=~/.zhistory
 # grep options
 export GREP_OPTIONS='--color=auto'
 export GREP_COLOR='1;32'
-# language options so I don't get annoyed
-export LANG='en_US-UTF-8'