diff --git a/src/env_dispatch.cpp b/src/env_dispatch.cpp
index 896803cf9..4181743e4 100644
--- a/src/env_dispatch.cpp
+++ b/src/env_dispatch.cpp
@@ -60,30 +60,17 @@
 #define DEFAULT_TERM2 "dumb"
 
 /// List of all locale environment variable names that might trigger (re)initializing the locale
-/// subsystem.
+/// subsystem. These are only the variables we're possibly interested in.
 static const wcstring locale_variables[] = {L"LANG",
+                                            L"LANGUAGE",
                                             L"LC_ALL",
                                             L"LC_COLLATE",
                                             L"LC_CTYPE",
                                             L"LC_MESSAGES",
-                                            L"LC_MONETARY",
                                             L"LC_NUMERIC",
                                             L"LC_TIME",
-#if defined(_GNU_SOURCE) && defined(__GLIBC__) && defined(__GLIBC_PREREQ)
-#if __GLIBC_PREREQ(2,2)
-                                            L"LANGUAGE", /* GNU libc extensions start */
-                                            L"LC_ADDRESS",
-                                            L"LC_IDENTIFICATION",
-                                            L"LC_MEASUREMENT",
-                                            L"LC_NAME",
-                                            L"LC_PAPER",
-                                            L"LC_TELEPHONE",
-                                            L"LOCPATH", /* GNU libc extensions end */
-#endif // __GLIBC_PREREQ(2,2)
-#endif // defined(_GNU_SOURCE) && defined(__GLIBC__) && defined(__GLIBC_PREREQ)
-                                            L"fish_allow_singlebyte_locale"
-                                            };
-
+                                            L"fish_allow_singlebyte_locale",
+                                            L"LOCPATH"};
 
 /// List of all curses environment variable names that might trigger (re)initializing the curses
 /// subsystem.