diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/utils_videotl.cc b/gtk2_ardour/utils_videotl.cc
index 10a21f3b99..b6eace7675 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/utils_videotl.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/utils_videotl.cc
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ VideoUtils::video_query_info (
 		double &video_aspect_ratio
 		)
 {
-	LocaleGuard lg;
 	char url[2048];
 
 	snprintf(url, sizeof(url), "%s%sinfo/?file=%s&format=csv"