1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index dc7a9bf4f..3b8aac553 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -9661,7 +9661,9 @@ preadfd(void)
                  * _during_ shell execution, not only if it was set when
                  * shell was started. Therefore, re-check LANG every time:
                  */
-                {
+                if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CHECK_UNICODE_IN_ENV
+                 || ENABLE_UNICODE_USING_LOCALE
+                ) {
                         const char *s = lookupvar("LC_ALL");
                         if (!s) s = lookupvar("LC_CTYPE");
                         if (!s) s = lookupvar("LANG");