diff --git a/ci/lint/01_install.sh b/ci/lint/01_install.sh
index 9c2020a9a15..ba04b8966b6 100755
--- a/ci/lint/01_install.sh
+++ b/ci/lint/01_install.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
-export LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 set -o errexit -o pipefail -o xtrace
 
diff --git a/ci/lint/06_script.sh b/ci/lint/06_script.sh
index a0f2dc88bc4..cb4b3bd69c6 100755
--- a/ci/lint/06_script.sh
+++ b/ci/lint/06_script.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
-export LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 set -o errexit -o pipefail -o xtrace
 
diff --git a/cmake/script/macos_zip.sh b/cmake/script/macos_zip.sh
index cc51699dc93..3ccb780f85d 100755
--- a/cmake/script/macos_zip.sh
+++ b/cmake/script/macos_zip.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or https://opensource.org/license/mit/.
 
-export LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 if [ -n "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" ]; then
   find . -exec touch -d "@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" {} +
diff --git a/contrib/devtools/check-deps.sh b/contrib/devtools/check-deps.sh
index 0ae817254d7..5b36b818966 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/check-deps.sh
+++ b/contrib/devtools/check-deps.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-export LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 set -Eeuo pipefail
 
 # Declare paths to libraries
diff --git a/contrib/devtools/gen-bitcoin-conf.sh b/contrib/devtools/gen-bitcoin-conf.sh
index 056182524b6..88e36eceba7 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/gen-bitcoin-conf.sh
+++ b/contrib/devtools/gen-bitcoin-conf.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
-export LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 TOPDIR=${TOPDIR:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)}
 BUILDDIR=${BUILDDIR:-$TOPDIR/build}
 BINDIR=${BINDIR:-$BUILDDIR/bin}
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh b/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
index efb0d247207..da458dd96d0 100755
--- a/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
+++ b/contrib/macdeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
-export LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 set -e
 
 SIGNAPPLE=signapple
diff --git a/contrib/qos/tc.sh b/contrib/qos/tc.sh
index 4e4237084e1..45f52ed30aa 100755
--- a/contrib/qos/tc.sh
+++ b/contrib/qos/tc.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
-export LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 #network interface on which to limit traffic
 IF="eth0"
 #limit of the network interface in question
diff --git a/contrib/verify-commits/gpg.sh b/contrib/verify-commits/gpg.sh
index bcb117f19a0..bed61aae927 100755
--- a/contrib/verify-commits/gpg.sh
+++ b/contrib/verify-commits/gpg.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
-export LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 INPUT=$(cat /dev/stdin)
 if [ "$BITCOIN_VERIFY_COMMITS_ALLOW_SHA1" = 1 ]; then
     printf '%s\n' "$INPUT" | gpg --trust-model always "$@" 2>/dev/null
diff --git a/contrib/windeploy/detached-sig-create.sh b/contrib/windeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
index f417b04662d..fa3095f7be8 100755
--- a/contrib/windeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
+++ b/contrib/windeploy/detached-sig-create.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
-export LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 if [ -z "$OSSLSIGNCODE" ]; then
   OSSLSIGNCODE=osslsigncode
 fi
diff --git a/src/qt/res/animation/makespinner.sh b/src/qt/res/animation/makespinner.sh
index ff7b191ba9a..3664b3acc00 100755
--- a/src/qt/res/animation/makespinner.sh
+++ b/src/qt/res/animation/makespinner.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
-export LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 FRAMEDIR=$(dirname "$0")
 for i in {0..35}
 do
diff --git a/test/lint/commit-script-check.sh b/test/lint/commit-script-check.sh
index 08fed219644..d0fc4d3375e 100755
--- a/test/lint/commit-script-check.sh
+++ b/test/lint/commit-script-check.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # The resulting script should exactly transform the previous commit into the current
 # one. Any remaining diff signals an error.
 
-export LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 if test -z "$1"; then
     echo "Usage: $0 <commit>..."
     exit 1
diff --git a/test/lint/git-subtree-check.sh b/test/lint/git-subtree-check.sh
index 534fadbad71..246474bb857 100755
--- a/test/lint/git-subtree-check.sh
+++ b/test/lint/git-subtree-check.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
-export LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 check_remote=0
 while getopts "?hr" opt; do