diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2da061da608483a84a83101f0e91545a5de1c2af..4df69f4015d2389bb1d6f4e07d23b0a645059a01 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ cache:
     - .apt/
 
 test:
-  env:
-    LANG: "en_US.UTF-8"
   stage: test
   image: postgis/postgis:17-3.5
   services: