diff --git a/chapter08/systemd.xml b/chapter08/systemd.xml
index be7cb4e8b..94696ea97 100644
--- a/chapter08/systemd.xml
+++ b/chapter08/systemd.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">mkdir -p build
 cd       build
 
-LANG=en_US.UTF-8                    \
 meson --prefix=/usr                 \
       --sysconfdir=/etc             \
       --localstatedir=/var          \
@@ -173,11 +172,11 @@ meson --prefix=/usr                 \
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="make">LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ninja</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="make">ninja</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ninja install</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">ninja install</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the man pages:</para>