Index: parse_l.c
===================================================================
--- parse_l.c	(revision 19623)
+++ parse_l.c	(revision 19624)
@@ -2524,10 +2524,9 @@
 
 	if (settings_dest != CFR_invalid)
 		conf_reset(settings_dest, Filename);
-	pcb_setlocale(LC_ALL, "C"); /* make sure numerics are read predictably */
 
 	retval = Parse(NULL, fcmd, conf_core.rc.file_path, Filename);
-	pcb_setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+
 	if ((settings_dest != CFR_invalid) && (retval == 0)) {
 		/* overwrite settings from the flags, mark them not-to-save */
 		CONF_SET(settings_dest, "plugins/mincut/enable", -1, CONF_BOOL_FLAG(PCB_ENABLEPCB_FLAG_MINCUT, yy_pcb_flags), POL_OVERWRITE);
Index: parse_l.l
===================================================================
--- parse_l.l	(revision 19623)
+++ parse_l.l	(revision 19624)
@@ -383,10 +383,9 @@
 
 	if (settings_dest != CFR_invalid)
 		conf_reset(settings_dest, Filename);
-	pcb_setlocale(LC_ALL, "C"); /* make sure numerics are read predictably */
 
 	retval = Parse(NULL, fcmd, conf_core.rc.file_path, Filename);
-	pcb_setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+
 	if ((settings_dest != CFR_invalid) && (retval == 0)) {
 		/* overwrite settings from the flags, mark them not-to-save */
 		CONF_SET(settings_dest, "plugins/mincut/enable", -1, CONF_BOOL_FLAG(PCB_ENABLEPCB_FLAG_MINCUT, yy_pcb_flags), POL_OVERWRITE);