diff --git a/deploy-initial b/deploy-initial
index 15890fa..78c4017 100755
--- a/deploy-initial
+++ b/deploy-initial
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ ssh $remote "echo $hostname >/mnt/etc/hostname"
 rsync -ptv --chmod=644 systemd/network/$host.link $remote:/mnt/etc/systemd/network/10-public.link
 rsync -ptv --chmod=644 systemd/network/$host.network $remote:/mnt/etc/systemd/network/10-public.network
 
-rsync -ptv --chmod=644 crypttab environment fstab hosts locale.conf locale.gen pacman.conf pacreport.conf resolv.conf $remote:/mnt/etc/
-ssh $remote "arch-chroot /mnt locale-gen"
+rsync -ptv --chmod=644 crypttab environment fstab hosts locale.conf pacman.conf pacreport.conf resolv.conf $remote:/mnt/etc/
 
 rsync -tv grub $remote:/mnt/etc/default/grub
 ssh $remote "arch-chroot /mnt grub-install /dev/$drive"
diff --git a/locale.gen b/locale.gen
deleted file mode 100644
index a66d814..0000000
--- a/locale.gen
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8