diff --git a/recipes/liberation.recipe b/recipes/liberation.recipe
index cf404710f8..ce6f7e8c62 100644
--- a/recipes/liberation.recipe
+++ b/recipes/liberation.recipe
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 liberation.fr
 '''
 
-import json, base64, time, locale
-
-from mechanize import Request
+import base64
+import json
+import time
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-from urllib.parse import quote, urlparse, urlencode
+from urllib.parse import quote, urlencode, urlparse
 
 from calibre import browser
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+from mechanize import Request
 
 
 def resize(x):
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@ def json_to_html(raw):
     sub = '<p class="desc">' + data['subheadlines']['basic'] + '</p>'
 
     auth = '<p class="auth">{}</p>\n'
-    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, 'fr_FR.UTF-8')
     dt = datetime.fromisoformat(data['last_updated_date'][:-1]) + timedelta(seconds=time.timezone)
     dt = dt.strftime('%b %d, %Y, %H:%M')
     a = [x['name'] for x in data['credits']['by']]
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def json_to_html(raw):
         auth = auth.format(dt)
 
     lede = ''
-    if data['promo_items']['basic'].get('type', '') == 'image':  
+    if data['promo_items']['basic'].get('type', '') == 'image':
         lede = '<br><img src="{}"><div class="figc">{}</div>\n'.format(
             resize(data['promo_items']['basic']['resized_image_urls']),
             data['promo_items']['basic'].get('caption', '')
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class Liberation(BasicNewsRecipe):
     ]
 
     def get_obfuscated_article(self, url):
-        slug = urlparse(url).path       
+        slug = urlparse(url).path
         br = browser()
         b64 = base64.b64decode(self.key)
         query = {