--- spyder/app/start.py.orig	2021-09-02 00:24:22.000000000 -0400
+++ spyder/app/start.py	2021-09-04 13:44:54.000000000 -0400
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
 except:
     pass

+if os.environ.get('LANG') == 'UTF-8':
+    os.environ['LANG'] = 'en_US.UTF-8'
+
 # Local imports
 from spyder.app.cli_options import get_options
 from spyder.config.base import (get_conf_path, running_in_mac_app,
