diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0a8696c..3a52875 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ LDLIBS=
 #  -DHAVE_TZSET=0 if your system lacks a tzset function
 #  -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=0 if your compiler lacks a "unistd.h" (Microsoft C++ 7?)
 #  -DHAVE_UTMPX_H=1 if your compiler has a "utmpx.h"
-#  -DLOCALE_HOME=\"path\" if locales are in "path", not "/usr/lib/locale"
 #  -DNO_RUN_TIME_WARNINGS_ABOUT_YEAR_2000_PROBLEMS_THANK_YOU=1
 #	if you do not want run time warnings about formats that may cause
 #	year 2000 grief
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9cf4b04..9432dd4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes
     For easier maintenance later, some C code has been simplified
     and some lint has been removed.
 
+    The long-obsolete LOCALE_HOME code has been removed.
+
     The long-obsolete 'gtime' function has been removed.
 
   Changes affecting build procedure
diff --git a/private.h b/private.h
index 31239e1..5d44919 100644
--- a/private.h
+++ b/private.h
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@
 #define HAVE_UTMPX_H		0
 #endif /* !defined HAVE_UTMPX_H */
 
-#ifndef LOCALE_HOME
-#define LOCALE_HOME		"/usr/lib/locale"
-#endif /* !defined LOCALE_HOME */
-
 #if HAVE_INCOMPATIBLE_CTIME_R
 #define asctime_r _incompatible_asctime_r
 #define ctime_r _incompatible_ctime_r
diff --git a/strftime.c b/strftime.c
index 8f75499..ef2471b 100644
--- a/strftime.c
+++ b/strftime.c
@@ -41,15 +41,7 @@ struct lc_time_T {
 	const char *	date_fmt;
 };
 
-#ifdef LOCALE_HOME
-#include "sys/stat.h"
-static struct lc_time_T		localebuf;
-static struct lc_time_T *	_loc(void);
-#define Locale	_loc()
-#endif /* defined LOCALE_HOME */
-#ifndef LOCALE_HOME
 #define Locale	(&C_time_locale)
-#endif /* !defined LOCALE_HOME */
 
 static const struct lc_time_T	C_time_locale = {
 	{
@@ -122,9 +114,6 @@ strftime(char * const s, const size_t maxsize, const char *const format,
 	int	warn;
 
 	tzset();
-#ifdef LOCALE_HOME
-	localebuf.mon[0] = 0;
-#endif /* defined LOCALE_HOME */
 	warn = IN_NONE;
 	p = _fmt(((format == NULL) ? "%c" : format), t, s, s + maxsize, &warn);
 #ifndef NO_RUN_TIME_WARNINGS_ABOUT_YEAR_2000_PROBLEMS_THANK_YOU
@@ -615,124 +604,3 @@ _yconv(int a, int b, bool convert_top, bool convert_yy,
 		pt = _conv(((trail < 0) ? -trail : trail), "%02d", pt, ptlim);
 	return pt;
 }
-
-#ifdef LOCALE_HOME
-static struct lc_time_T *
-_loc(void)
-{
-	static const char	locale_home[] = LOCALE_HOME;
-	static const char	lc_time[] = "LC_TIME";
-	static char *		locale_buf;
-
-	int			fd;
-	bool			oldsun;	/* "...ain't got nothin' to do..." */
-	char *			lbuf;
-	char *			name;
-	char *			p;
-	const char **		ap;
-	const char *		plim;
-	char			filename[FILENAME_MAX];
-	struct stat		st;
-	size_t			namesize;
-	size_t			bufsize;
-
-	/*
-	** Use localebuf.mon[0] to signal whether locale is already set up.
-	*/
-	if (localebuf.mon[0])
-		return &localebuf;
-	name = setlocale(LC_TIME, NULL);
-	if (name == NULL || *name == '\0')
-		goto no_locale;
-	/*
-	** If the locale name is the same as our cache, use the cache.
-	*/
-	lbuf = locale_buf;
-	if (lbuf != NULL && strcmp(name, lbuf) == 0) {
-		p = lbuf;
-		for (ap = (const char **) &localebuf;
-			ap < (const char **) (&localebuf + 1);
-				++ap)
-					*ap = p += strlen(p) + 1;
-		return &localebuf;
-	}
-	/*
-	** Slurp the locale file into the cache.
-	*/
-	namesize = strlen(name) + 1;
-	if (sizeof filename <
-		((sizeof locale_home) + namesize + (sizeof lc_time)))
-			goto no_locale;
-	oldsun = false;
-	sprintf(filename, "%s/%s/%s", locale_home, name, lc_time);
-	fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
-	if (fd < 0) {
-		/*
-		** Old Sun systems have a different naming and data convention.
-		*/
-		oldsun = true;
-		sprintf(filename, "%s/%s/%s", locale_home,
-			lc_time, name);
-		fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
-		if (fd < 0)
-			goto no_locale;
-	}
-	if (fstat(fd, &st) != 0)
-		goto bad_locale;
-	if (st.st_size <= 0)
-		goto bad_locale;
-	bufsize = namesize + st.st_size;
-	locale_buf = NULL;
-	lbuf = (lbuf == NULL) ? malloc(bufsize) : realloc(lbuf, bufsize);
-	if (lbuf == NULL)
-		goto bad_locale;
-	strcpy(lbuf, name);
-	p = lbuf + namesize;
-	plim = p + st.st_size;
-	if (read(fd, p, st.st_size) != st.st_size)
-		goto bad_lbuf;
-	if (close(fd) != 0)
-		goto bad_lbuf;
-	/*
-	** Parse the locale file into localebuf.
-	*/
-	if (plim[-1] != '\n')
-		goto bad_lbuf;
-	for (ap = (const char **) &localebuf;
-		ap < (const char **) (&localebuf + 1);
-			++ap) {
-				if (p == plim)
-					goto bad_lbuf;
-				*ap = p;
-				while (*p != '\n')
-					++p;
-				*p++ = '\0';
-	}
-	if (oldsun) {
-		/*
-		** SunOS 4 used an obsolescent format; see localdtconv(3).
-		** c_fmt had the "short format for dates and times together"
-		** (SunOS 4 date, "%a %b %e %T %Z %Y" in the C locale);
-		** date_fmt had the "long format for dates"
-		** (SunOS 4 strftime %C, "%A, %B %e, %Y" in the C locale).
-		** Discard the latter in favor of the former.
-		*/
-		localebuf.date_fmt = localebuf.c_fmt;
-	}
-	/*
-	** Record the successful parse in the cache.
-	*/
-	locale_buf = lbuf;
-
-	return &localebuf;
-
-bad_lbuf:
-	free(lbuf);
-bad_locale:
-	close(fd);
-no_locale:
-	localebuf = C_time_locale;
-	locale_buf = NULL;
-	return &localebuf;
-}
-#endif /* defined LOCALE_HOME */