diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index e75120a..c8a672b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,19 +18,6 @@ jobs:
           curl -sSL https://github.com/git-chglog/git-chglog/releases/download/v0.15.1/git-chglog_0.15.1_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar -xz
           sudo mv git-chglog /usr/local/bin/
 
-      - name: Set UTF-8 locale
-        run: |
-          sudo apt update
-          sudo apt install -y locales
-          sudo locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
-          sudo update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Export UTF-8 env vars
-        run: |
-          echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
       - name: Generate changelog
         run: |
           git-chglog $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) > RELEASE_NOTES.md