diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@
 	@ # is not available in configure
 	sed -e "s,@EXENAME@,$(BINDIR)/python$(LDVERSION)$(EXE)," < $(srcdir)/Misc/python-config.in >python-config.py
 	@ # Replace makefile compat. variable references with shell script compat. ones; $(VAR) -> ${VAR}
-	sed -e 's,\$$(\([A-Za-z0-9_]*\)),\$$\{\1\},g' < Misc/python-config.sh >python-config
+	LC_ALL=C sed -e 's,\$$(\([A-Za-z0-9_]*\)),\$$\{\1\},g' < Misc/python-config.sh >python-config
 	@ # On Darwin, always use the python version of the script, the shell
 	@ # version doesn't use the compiler customizations that are provided
 	@ # in python (_osx_support.py).
@@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@
 		Modules/Setup Modules/Setup.local Modules/Setup.config \
 		Modules/ld_so_aix Modules/python.exp Misc/python.pc
 	-rm -f python*-gdb.py
-	find $(srcdir)/[a-zA-Z]* '(' -name '*.fdc' -o -name '*~' \
+	LC_ALL=C; find $(srcdir)/[a-zA-Z]* '(' -name '*.fdc' -o -name '*~' \
 				     -o -name '[@,#]*' -o -name '*.old' \
 				     -o -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' \
 				     -o -name '*.bak' ')' \