diff --git a/sal/osl/os2/nlsupport.c b/sal/osl/os2/nlsupport.c
index 1167148..60e21d5 100644
--- a/sal/osl/os2/nlsupport.c
+++ b/sal/osl/os2/nlsupport.c
@@ -415,29 +415,14 @@ int _imp_setProcessLocale( rtl_Locale * pLocale )
     if( NULL != _compose_locale( pLocale, locale_buf, 64 ) )
     {
         /* only change env vars that exist already */
-        if( getenv( "LC_ALL" ) ) {
-#if defined( FREEBSD ) || defined( NETBSD ) || defined( MACOSX ) || defined( __EMX__ )
-            setenv( "LC_ALL", locale_buf, 1);
-#else
-            setenv( "LC_ALL", locale_buf );
-#endif
-        }
+        if( getenv( "LC_ALL" ) )
+            _setenv( "LC_ALL", locale_buf );
 
-        if( getenv( "LC_CTYPE" ) ) {
-#if defined( FREEBSD ) || defined( NETBSD ) || defined( MACOSX ) || defined( __EMX__ )
-            setenv("LC_CTYPE", locale_buf, 1 );
-#else
-            setenv( "LC_CTYPE", locale_buf );
-#endif
-        }
+        if( getenv( "LC_CTYPE" ) )
+            _setenv( "LC_CTYPE", locale_buf );
 
-        if( getenv( "LANG" ) ) {
-#if defined( FREEBSD ) || defined( NETBSD ) || defined( MACOSX ) || defined( __EMX__ )
-            setenv("LC_CTYPE", locale_buf, 1 );
-#else
-            setenv( "LANG", locale_buf );
-#endif
-        }
+        if( getenv( "LANG" ) )
+            _setenv( "LANG", locale_buf );
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/sal/osl/unx/nlsupport.c b/sal/osl/unx/nlsupport.c
index 4264571..a7b569a 100644
--- a/sal/osl/unx/nlsupport.c
+++ b/sal/osl/unx/nlsupport.c
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@
 #endif	/* !MACOSX */
 #endif	/* LINUX || SOLARIS || NETBSD || MACOSX */
 
+static int
+_setenv (const char* name, const char* value)
+{
+#if defined( FREEBSD ) || defined( NETBSD ) || defined( MACOSX ) || \
+    defined( AIX ) || defined( OPENBSD) || defined( DRAGONFLY )  || defined( __EMX__ )
+    return setenv (name, value, 1);
+#else
+    return setenv (name, value);
+}
+
 #include <string.h>
 
 /*****************************************************************************
@@ -904,9 +914,9 @@ void _imp_getProcessLocale( rtl_Locale ** ppLocale )
     /* return the locale */
     *ppLocale = _parse_locale( locale );
 
-    setenv( "LC_ALL", locale, 1);
-    setenv("LC_CTYPE", locale, 1 );
-    setenv("LANG", locale, 1 );
+    _setenv( "LC_ALL", locale );
+    _setenv("LC_CTYPE", locale );
+    _setenv("LANG", locale );
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
     fprintf( stderr, "nlsupport.c:  _imp_getProcessLocale() returning %s as current locale.\n", locale );
@@ -950,32 +960,15 @@ int _imp_setProcessLocale( rtl_Locale * pLocale )
     if( NULL != _compose_locale( pLocale, locale_buf, 64 ) )
     {
         /* only change env vars that exist already */
-        if( getenv( "LC_ALL" ) ) {
-#if defined( FREEBSD ) || defined( NETBSD ) || defined( MACOSX ) || \
-    defined( AIX ) || defined( OPENBSD ) || defined( DRAGONFLY )
-            setenv( "LC_ALL", locale_buf, 1);
-#else
-            setenv( "LC_ALL", locale_buf );
-#endif
-        }
+        if( getenv( "LC_ALL" ) )
+            _setenv( "LC_ALL", locale_buf );
 
-        if( getenv( "LC_CTYPE" ) ) {
-#if defined( FREEBSD ) || defined( NETBSD ) || defined( MACOSX ) || \
-    defined( AIX ) || defined( OPENBSD ) || defined( DRAGONFLY )
-            setenv("LC_CTYPE", locale_buf, 1 );
-#else
-            setenv( "LC_CTYPE", locale_buf );
-#endif
+        if( getenv( "LC_CTYPE" ) )
+            _setenv("LC_CTYPE", locale_buf );
         }
 
-        if( getenv( "LANG" ) ) {
-#if defined( FREEBSD ) || defined( NETBSD ) || defined( MACOSX ) || \
-    defined( AIX ) || defined( OPENBSD) || defined( DRAGONFLY )
-            setenv("LC_CTYPE", locale_buf, 1 );
-#else
-            setenv( "LANG", locale_buf );
-#endif
-        }
+        if( getenv( "LANG" ) )
+            _setenv( "LANG", locale_buf );
     }
 
     return 0;