--- ../__main__.py.orig	2018-12-28 15:18:49.567468833 +0100
+++ ./asciinema/__main__.py	2018-12-28 15:19:17.550800251 +0100
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@
 
 
 def main():
-    if locale.nl_langinfo(locale.CODESET).upper() != 'UTF-8':
-        print("asciinema needs a UTF-8 native locale to run. Check the output of `locale` command.")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
     try:
         cfg = config.load()
     except config.ConfigError as e: