diff --git a/libs/ardour/audio_diskstream.cc b/libs/ardour/audio_diskstream.cc
index b2bf7b2b4a..40195e58a1 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/audio_diskstream.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/audio_diskstream.cc
@@ -1905,7 +1905,6 @@ XMLNode&
 AudioDiskstream::get_state ()
 {
 	XMLNode& node (Diskstream::get_state());
-	LocaleGuard lg;
 
 	boost::shared_ptr<ChannelList> c = channels.reader();
 	node.set_property ("channels", (uint32_t)c->size());
@@ -1945,7 +1944,6 @@ AudioDiskstream::set_state (const XMLNode& node, int version)
 	XMLNodeList nlist = node.children();
 	XMLNodeIterator niter;
 	XMLNode* capture_pending_node = 0;
-	LocaleGuard lg;
 
 	/* prevent write sources from being created */