diff --git a/install-reddit.sh b/install-reddit.sh
index ee427ee8a..55ea62069 100755
--- a/install-reddit.sh
+++ b/install-reddit.sh
@@ -70,13 +70,6 @@ if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Make sure the LC_CTYPE is UTF-8, otherwise postgres fails to create db
-# If you run into this error, run something like: export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
-if [ "$LC_CTYPE" != "UTF-8" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: LC_CTYPE must be a UTF-8 locale."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 # seriously! these checks aren't here for no reason. the packages from the
 # reddit ppa aren't built for anything but precise (12.04) right now, so
 # if you try and use this install script on another release you're gonna