diff --git a/source/env.zsh b/source/env.zsh
index 856ae38..bcffcc8 100644
--- a/source/env.zsh
+++ b/source/env.zsh
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-# locale [en_NZ]
-export LANG='en_NZ.UTF-8'
-export LC_ALL='en_NZ.UTF-8'
+#
+# environment variables
+#
 
-# set default values
-export EDITOR='nvim'
+# set default pager
 export PAGER='less'
 export LESS='-R'
 
-# less - disable histfile generation
+# ensure less does not generate history file
 export LESSHISTFILE='/dev/null'
 
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