diff --git a/ports/ncurses/build.sh b/ports/ncurses/build.sh
index 93ad7151..1f64cdd7 100755
--- a/ports/ncurses/build.sh
+++ b/ports/ncurses/build.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@ install() {
 	make install "DESTDIR=$BANAN_SYSROOT" || exit 1
 
 	shellrc="$BANAN_SYSROOT/home/user/.shellrc"
-	grep -q 'export TERM=' "$shellrc"                || echo 'export TERM=ansi'             >> "$shellrc"
 	grep -q 'export NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS=' "$shellrc" || echo 'export NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS=1' >> "$shellrc"
 }
diff --git a/userspace/programs/init/main.cpp b/userspace/programs/init/main.cpp
index 490f65ee..c9d4c81e 100644
--- a/userspace/programs/init/main.cpp
+++ b/userspace/programs/init/main.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 		perror("load_keymap");
 
 	setenv("TERM", "ansi", 1);
-	setenv("NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS", "1", 1);
 
 	if (fork() == 0)
 	{