diff --git a/libs/ardour/route.cc b/libs/ardour/route.cc
index 79799ce807..06a4545785 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/route.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/route.cc
@@ -2704,7 +2704,6 @@ Route::get_template()
 XMLNode&
 Route::state(bool full_state)
 {
-	LocaleGuard lg;
 	if (!_session._template_state_dir.empty()) {
 		assert (!full_state); // only for templates
 		foreach_processor (sigc::bind (sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Route::set_plugin_state_dir), _session._template_state_dir));
diff --git a/libs/ardour/session_state.cc b/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
index adffb5cbee..764ce16f26 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
@@ -1037,7 +1037,6 @@ Session::get_template()
 XMLNode&
 Session::state (bool full_state)
 {
-	LocaleGuard lg ();
 	XMLNode* node = new XMLNode("Session");
 	XMLNode* child;
 
@@ -1299,7 +1298,6 @@ Session::get_control_protocol_state ()
 int
 Session::set_state (const XMLNode& node, int version)
 {
-	LocaleGuard lg ();
 	XMLNodeList nlist;
 	XMLNode* child;
 	XMLProperty const * prop;