diff --git a/zsh/.zshenv b/zsh/.zshenv
index 85ca501..ff3bc46 100644
--- a/zsh/.zshenv
+++ b/zsh/.zshenv
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export TZ="America/Los_Angeles"
 export GTK_THEME="Adwaita:dark"
 export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
 export LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
+export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
 
 # Apply QubesOS specific configuration
 if command -v qubesdb-read &> /dev/null; then
diff --git a/zsh/.zshrc b/zsh/.zshrc
index ef881d1..62bb39c 100644
--- a/zsh/.zshrc
+++ b/zsh/.zshrc
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ fi
 export DEFAULT_USER="lrvick"
 export DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE="true"
 export COMPLETION_WAITING_DOTS="true"
-export LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
-export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
 export HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history
 export HISTSIZE=1000000
 export SAVEHIST=1000000