diff -u -r ../libnl-3.2.29/lib/utils.c ./lib/utils.c
--- ../libnl-3.2.29/lib/utils.c	2016-12-30 15:56:43.000000000 +0100
+++ ./lib/utils.c	2017-02-09 09:31:16.474515519 +0100
@@ -124,21 +124,7 @@
 const char *nl_strerror_l(int err)
 {
 	int errno_save = errno;
-	locale_t loc = newlocale(LC_MESSAGES_MASK, "", (locale_t)0);
-	const char *buf;
-
-	if (loc == (locale_t)0) {
-		if (errno == ENOENT)
-			loc = newlocale(LC_MESSAGES_MASK,
-					"POSIX", (locale_t)0);
-	}
-	if (loc != (locale_t)0) {
-		buf = strerror_l(err, loc);
-		freelocale(loc);
-	} else {
-		buf = "newlocale() failed";
-	}
-
+	const char *buf = strerror(err);
 	errno = errno_save;
 	return buf;
 }