--- a/mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/gecko/mozglue/GeckoLoader.java
+++ b/mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/gecko/mozglue/GeckoLoader.java
@@ -3,19 +3,16 @@
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 package org.mozilla.gecko.mozglue;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.text.DecimalFormat;
-import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
-import java.text.NumberFormat;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipFile;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Environment;
@@ -461,25 +458,16 @@ public final class GeckoLoader {
 
     public synchronized static void loadGeckoLibs(final Context context, final String apkName) {
         loadLibsSetupLocked(context);
         loadGeckoLibsNative(apkName);
     }
 
     private static void setupLocaleEnvironment() {
         putenv("LANG=" + Locale.getDefault().toString());
-        NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getInstance();
-        if (nf instanceof DecimalFormat) {
-            DecimalFormat df = (DecimalFormat)nf;
-            DecimalFormatSymbols dfs = df.getDecimalFormatSymbols();
-
-            putenv("LOCALE_DECIMAL_POINT=" + dfs.getDecimalSeparator());
-            putenv("LOCALE_THOUSANDS_SEP=" + dfs.getGroupingSeparator());
-            putenv("LOCALE_GROUPING=" + (char)df.getGroupingSize());
-        }
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("serial")
     public static class AbortException extends Exception {
         public AbortException(String msg) {
             super(msg);
         }
     }