diff --git a/templates/zshrc-linux.zsh b/templates/zshrc-linux.zsh
index 736f77062..d1a229a3e 100644
--- a/templates/zshrc-linux.zsh
+++ b/templates/zshrc-linux.zsh
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[globbing]='none'
 zstyle ':completion:*:descriptions' format '%B%d%b'
 
 if [ -e $HOME/bin ]; then export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"; fi
-if [ -e $HOME/.local/bin ]; then export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"; fi
-if [ -e $HOME/appengine ]; then export PATH="$HOME/appengine:$PATH"; fi
-if [ -e $HOME/.cabal/bin ]; then export PATH="$HOME/.cabal/bin:$PATH"; fi
+# if [ -e $HOME/.local/bin ]; then export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"; fi
+# if [ -e $HOME/appengine ]; then export PATH="$HOME/appengine:$PATH"; fi
+# if [ -e $HOME/.cabal/bin ]; then export PATH="$HOME/.cabal/bin:$PATH"; fi
 #
-if [ -z "$LC_ALL" ]; then export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8; fi
-if [ -z "$LANG" ]; then export LANG=en_US.UTF-8; fi
+if [ -z "$LC_ALL" ]; then export LC_ALL=en_US.utf8; fi
+if [ -z "$LANG" ]; then export LANG=en_US.utf8; fi
 
 # source .profile is any (proxy settings,...)
 [ -f $HOME/.profile ] && source $HOME/.profile