diff --git a/src/ncurses.cc b/src/ncurses.cc
index 1570b75e5..d35be0f57 100644
--- a/src/ncurses.cc
+++ b/src/ncurses.cc
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ void on_sigint(int)
 NCursesUI::NCursesUI()
     : m_stdin_watcher{0, [this](FDWatcher&){ if (m_input_callback) m_input_callback(); }}
 {
-    //setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
     initscr();
     cbreak();
     noecho();