diff --git a/libs/ardour/plugin.cc b/libs/ardour/plugin.cc
index 937b73a957..2abb5cb130 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/plugin.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/plugin.cc
@@ -478,7 +478,6 @@ XMLNode &
 Plugin::get_state ()
 {
 	XMLNode* root = new XMLNode (state_node_name ());
-	LocaleGuard lg;
 
 	root->set_property (X_("last-preset-uri"), _last_preset.uri);
 	root->set_property (X_("last-preset-label"), _last_preset.label);