1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index 7d3547110..92d790180 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -1985,10 +1985,14 @@ static void reinit_unicode_for_hush(void)
          * _during_ shell execution, not only if it was set when
          * shell was started. Therefore, re-check LANG every time:
          */
-        const char *s = get_local_var_value("LC_ALL");
-        if (!s) s = get_local_var_value("LC_CTYPE");
-        if (!s) s = get_local_var_value("LANG");
-        reinit_unicode(s);
+        if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CHECK_UNICODE_IN_ENV
+         || ENABLE_UNICODE_USING_LOCALE
+        ) {
+                const char *s = get_local_var_value("LC_ALL");
+                if (!s) s = get_local_var_value("LC_CTYPE");
+                if (!s) s = get_local_var_value("LANG");
+                reinit_unicode(s);
+        }
 }