diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelShaderGen.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelShaderGen.cpp
index 100cac5976..cfd236da69 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelShaderGen.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelShaderGen.cpp
@@ -516,8 +516,10 @@ const char *WriteLocation(API_TYPE ApiType)
 
 const char *GeneratePixelShaderCode(DSTALPHA_MODE dstAlphaMode, API_TYPE ApiType, u32 components)
 {
+#ifndef ANDROID
 	locale_t locale = newlocale(LC_NUMERIC_MASK, "C", NULL); // New locale for compilation
 	locale_t old_locale = uselocale(locale); // Apply the locale for this thread
+#endif
 	text[sizeof(text) - 1] = 0x7C;  // canary
 
 	BuildSwapModeTable(); // Needed for WriteStage
@@ -890,8 +892,10 @@ const char *GeneratePixelShaderCode(DSTALPHA_MODE dstAlphaMode, API_TYPE ApiType
 	if (text[sizeof(text) - 1] != 0x7C)
 		PanicAlert("PixelShader generator - buffer too small, canary has been eaten!");
 
+#ifndef ANDROID
 	uselocale(old_locale); // restore locale
 	freelocale(locale);
+#endif
 	return text;
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureConversionShader.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureConversionShader.cpp
index 573713a198..40873b903e 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureConversionShader.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/TextureConversionShader.cpp
@@ -807,8 +807,10 @@ void WriteZ24Encoder(char* p, API_TYPE ApiType)
 
 const char *GenerateEncodingShader(u32 format,API_TYPE ApiType)
 {
+#ifndef ANDROID
 	locale_t locale = newlocale(LC_NUMERIC_MASK, "C", NULL); // New locale for compilation
 	locale_t old_locale = uselocale(locale); // Apply the locale for this thread
+#endif
 	text[sizeof(text) - 1] = 0x7C;  // canary
 
 	char *p = text;
@@ -891,9 +893,11 @@ const char *GenerateEncodingShader(u32 format,API_TYPE ApiType)
 
 	if (text[sizeof(text) - 1] != 0x7C)
 		PanicAlert("TextureConversionShader generator - buffer too small, canary has been eaten!");
-
+	
+#ifndef ANDROID
 	uselocale(old_locale); // restore locale
 	freelocale(locale);
+#endif
 	return text;
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/VertexShaderGen.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/VertexShaderGen.cpp
index aede4aa2bd..d076593423 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/VertexShaderGen.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/VertexShaderGen.cpp
@@ -176,8 +176,10 @@ extern const char *WriteLocation(API_TYPE ApiType);
 
 const char *GenerateVertexShaderCode(u32 components, API_TYPE ApiType)
 {
+#ifndef ANDROID
 	locale_t locale = newlocale(LC_NUMERIC_MASK, "C", NULL); // New locale for compilation
 	locale_t old_locale = uselocale(locale); // Apply the locale for this thread
+#endif
 	text[sizeof(text) - 1] = 0x7C;  // canary
 
 	_assert_(bpmem.genMode.numtexgens == xfregs.numTexGen.numTexGens);
@@ -644,7 +646,9 @@ const char *GenerateVertexShaderCode(u32 components, API_TYPE ApiType)
 
 	if (text[sizeof(text) - 1] != 0x7C)
 		PanicAlert("VertexShader generator - buffer too small, canary has been eaten!");
+#ifndef ANDROID
 	uselocale(old_locale); // restore locale
 	freelocale(locale);
+#endif
 	return text;
 }
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/PixelShaderCache.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/PixelShaderCache.cpp
index f46cf43bd2..69555df0e9 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/PixelShaderCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/PixelShaderCache.cpp
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <set>
 #include <locale.h>
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-	#include <xlocale.h>
-#endif
 
 #include "Common.h"
 #include "Hash.h"
@@ -219,7 +216,7 @@ static LPDIRECT3DPIXELSHADER9 CreateCopyShader(int copyMatrixType, int depthConv
 	WRITE(p, "}\n");
 	if (text[sizeof(text) - 1] != 0x7C)
 		PanicAlert("PixelShaderCache copy shader generator - buffer too small, canary has been eaten!");
-
+	
 	uselocale(old_locale); // restore locale
 	freelocale(locale);
 	return D3D::CompileAndCreatePixelShader(text, (int)strlen(text));