diff --git a/src/libc/locale/xlocale.c b/src/libc/locale/xlocale.c
index e5db93fe0..93bdb9670 100644
--- a/src/libc/locale/xlocale.c
+++ b/src/libc/locale/xlocale.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 }
 
 static char C[] = "C";
-static const struct _xlocale __c_locale = C_LOCALE_INITIALIZER;
+static struct _xlocale __c_locale = C_LOCALE_INITIALIZER;
 const locale_t _c_locale = (const locale_t)&__c_locale;
 __private_extern__ struct _xlocale __global_locale = C_LOCALE_INITIALIZER;
 __private_extern__ pthread_key_t __locale_key = (pthread_key_t)-1;