diff --git a/pkgs/shell-generate.nix b/pkgs/shell-generate.nix
--- a/pkgs/shell-generate.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shell-generate.nix
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
     pkgs.curl
   ];
 
-  LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
-  LOCALE_ARCHIVE =
-    if pkgs.stdenv.isLinux
-    then "${pkgs.glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive"
-    else "";
-
   shellHook = ''
     runHook preShellHook
     runHook postShellHook
@@ -66,7 +60,8 @@ pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
     # set unpack source date to 1980 to fix ZIP problems that does not support <1980
     export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=315532800
     export TMPDIR=/tmp
-
+    export LOCALE_ARCHIVE="${pkgs.glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive"
+    export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
     # Custom prompt to distinguish from other dev envs.
     export PS1="\n\[\033[1;32m\][pip2nix-generate-shell]$\[\033[0m\] "