diff --git a/doc/haproxy.1 b/doc/haproxy.1
index cc9c702b3..73c2aee76 100644
--- a/doc/haproxy.1
+++ b/doc/haproxy.1
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ instances without risking the system's stability.
 .TP
 \fB\-f <configuration file|dir>\fP
 Specify configuration file or directory path. If the argument is a directory
-the files (and only files) it containes are added in lexical order (respecting
-LC_COLLATE) ; only non hidden files with ".cfg" extension are added.
+the files (and only files) it containes are added in lexical order (using
+LC_COLLATE=C) ; only non hidden files with ".cfg" extension are added.
 
 .TP
 \fB\-L <name>\fP
diff --git a/doc/management.txt b/doc/management.txt
index 4f0af1062..119c3fa6d 100644
--- a/doc/management.txt
+++ b/doc/management.txt
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ list of options is :
 
   -f <cfgfile|cfgdir> : adds <cfgfile> to the list of configuration files to be
     loaded. If <cfgdir> is a directory, all the files (and only files) it
-    containes are added in lexical order (respecting LC_COLLATE) to the list of
+    containes are added in lexical order (using LC_COLLATE=C) to the list of
     configuration files to be loaded ; only files with ".cfg" extension are
     added, only non hidden files (not prefixed with ".") are added.
     Configuration files are loaded and processed in their declaration order.
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 582ad8203..c6d1505d9 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
-#include <locale.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -1752,9 +1751,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char errmsg[100];
 	int pidfd = -1;
 
-	/* get the locale from the environment variables */
-	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
-
 	init(argc, argv);
 	signal_register_fct(SIGQUIT, dump, SIGQUIT);
 	signal_register_fct(SIGUSR1, sig_soft_stop, SIGUSR1);