diff --git a/makechrootpkg.in b/makechrootpkg.in
index d182c46162a24fb4a37b4a6e62c9fa3af6e2b436..ba893bf51a4eac44ccabc2b0be0e6ec2f4eed582 100644
--- a/makechrootpkg.in
+++ b/makechrootpkg.in
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ EOF
 chmod 440 "$copydir/etc/sudoers.d/nobody-pacman"
 
 # Set this system wide as makepkg will source /etc/profile before calling build()
-echo 'export LANG=C' > "$copydir/etc/locale.conf"
+echo 'LANG=C' > "$copydir/etc/locale.conf"
 
 # This is a little gross, but this way the script is recreated every time in the
 # working copy