diff --git a/local/locale.nix b/local/locale.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ae145f3..00000000
--- a/local/locale.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{ ... }: {
-  i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
-  time.timeZone = "America/Denver";
-}
diff --git a/profiles/core/default.nix b/profiles/core/default.nix
index 4c352870..c2b19824 100644
--- a/profiles/core/default.nix
+++ b/profiles/core/default.nix
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ in
 
   nix.systemFeatures = [ "nixos-test" "benchmark" "big-parallel" "kvm" ];
 
-  imports = [ ../../local/locale.nix ];
-
   environment = {
 
     systemPackages = with pkgs; [