diff --git a/management/univention-directory-manager-modules/modules/univention/admin/syntax.py b/management/univention-directory-manager-modules/modules/univention/admin/syntax.py
index 9408dc2..f20cf54 100644
--- a/management/univention-directory-manager-modules/modules/univention/admin/syntax.py
+++ b/management/univention-directory-manager-modules/modules/univention/admin/syntax.py
@@ -3043,13 +3043,9 @@ class ObjectFlag( select ):
 class Country(select):
 	empty_value = True
 
-	try:
-		locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "")
-	except locale.Error:
-		# unsupported locale setting: a locale was not installed (probably de_DE.UTF-8)
-		pass
-	translation = univention.admin.localization.translation('iso_3166')
-	_iso_3166 = translation.translate
+	iso_3166 = univention.admin.localization.translation('iso_3166')
+	iso_3166.set_language(str(translation.locale))
+	_iso_3166 = iso_3166.translate
 
 	choices = [('AF', _iso_3166(u'Afghanistan')), ('AX', _iso_3166(u'\xc5land Islands')),
 		('AL', _iso_3166(u'Albania')), ('DZ', _iso_3166(u'Algeria')),