diff --git a/src/unix/uilocale.cpp b/src/unix/uilocale.cpp
index b9ba860e10..c1abb31ebf 100644
--- a/src/unix/uilocale.cpp
+++ b/src/unix/uilocale.cpp
@@ -258,12 +258,9 @@ wxUILocaleImplUnix::~wxUILocaleImplUnix()
 void
 wxUILocaleImplUnix::Use()
 {
-    if ( m_locId.IsEmpty() )
-    {
-        // This is the default locale, it is already in use.
-        return;
-    }
-
+    // Note that we don't need to test if m_locId is not empty here, as we
+    // still want to call setlocale() with the empty string to use the default
+    // locale settings in this case.
     if ( !wxSetlocaleTryAll(LC_ALL, m_locId) )
     {
         // Some C libraries (namely glibc) still use old ISO 639,