diff --git a/language.c b/language.c
index cab6d63..b2aa7d7 100644
--- a/language.c
+++ b/language.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * (c) 2002 Mikulas Patocka
  * This file is a part of the Links program, released under GPL.
  */
+#include <langinfo.h>
 
 #include "links.h"
 
@@ -130,6 +131,8 @@ int get_default_charset(void)
 	lang = cast_uchar getenv("LC_CTYPE");
 	if (!lang)
 		lang = cast_uchar getenv("LANG");
+	if (!lang)
+		lang = cast_uchar nl_langinfo(CODESET);
 	if (!lang) {
 		i = 0;
 		goto ret_i;
diff --git a/os_dep.c b/os_dep.c
index 4222b67..8ebf95c 100644
--- a/os_dep.c
+++ b/os_dep.c
@@ -3434,14 +3434,6 @@ int os_default_charset(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-// PATCH: Always use UTF-8 instead of language-specific terminal charsets
-#elif defined(__sortix__)
-
-int os_default_charset(void)
-{
-	return utf8_table;
-}
-
 #elif !defined(DOS)
 
 int os_default_charset(void)