diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f1d275..8278052 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ issuing the following:
 
 ```shell
 umask 022
-sudo env -i HOME="$HOME" LC_CTYPE="${LC_ALL:-${LC_CTYPE:-$LANG}}" PATH="$PATH" USER="$USER" \
+sudo env -i LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 PATH="$PATH" \
     ./vmdb2/vmdb2 --output raspi3.img raspi3.yaml --log raspi3.log
 ```