diff --git a/zsh/env.zsh b/zsh/env.zsh
index 8ff658c..c951abf 100644
--- a/zsh/env.zsh
+++ b/zsh/env.zsh
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env zsh
 
-export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
-export LC_ALL="$LANG"
-
-if [[ -z "$USER" && -n "$USERNAME" ]]; then
-  export USER="$USERNAME"
-fi
+export USER="${USER:-$USERNAME}"
 
 # find editor
 export EDITOR="nvim"