diff --git a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
index 4d1c9772c..695cc3a0d 100644
--- a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
+++ b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
@@ -911,10 +911,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[cfg(windows)]
     #[test]
     fn test_get_pathbuf_from_stdout_fails_if_stdout_is_not_a_file() {
-        unsafe {
-            env::set_var("LANG", "C");
-        }
-        let _ = locale::setup_localization("touch");
+        let _ = locale::setup_test_locale("touch");
         // We can trigger an error by not setting stdout to anything (will
         // fail with code 1)
         assert!(