diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index daffe42..5c7b4b7 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
-#export DH_VERBOSE=1
-#
-# Uncomment to ignore all test failures (but the tests will run anyway)
-#export DH_RUBY_IGNORE_TESTS=all
-#
-# Uncomment to ignore some test failures (but the tests will run anyway).
-# Valid values:
-#export DH_RUBY_IGNORE_TESTS=ruby1.8 ruby1.9.1 require-rubygems
-#
-# If you need to specify the .gemspec (eg there is more than one)
-#export DH_RUBY_GEMSPEC=gem.gemspec
 
 export GEM2DEB_TEST_RUNNER = --check-dependencies
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --buildsystem=ruby --with ruby
+	LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 dh $@ --buildsystem=ruby --with ruby