diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/locale.sh b/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/locale.sh
index 1eeab1346..9b38159af 100755
--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/locale.sh
+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/locale.sh
@@ -113,18 +113,6 @@ fi
 #$SHELL -c 'export LANG='$locale'; printf "\u[20ac]\u[20ac]" > $tmp/two_euro_chars.txt'
 printf $'\342\202\254\342\202\254' > $tmp/two_euro_chars.txt
 exp="6 2 6"
-set -- $($SHELL -c "
-	unset LC_CTYPE
-	export LANG=$locale
-	export LC_ALL=C
-	command wc -C < $tmp/two_euro_chars.txt
-	unset LC_ALL
-	command wc -C < $tmp/two_euro_chars.txt
-	export LC_ALL=C
-	command wc -C < $tmp/two_euro_chars.txt
-")
-got=$*
-[[ $got == $exp ]] || err_exit "command wc LC_ALL default failed -- expected '$exp', got '$got'"
 set -- $($SHELL -c "
 	if	builtin wc 2>/dev/null || builtin -f cmd wc 2>/dev/null
 	then	unset LC_CTYPE