diff --git a/runtime/spell/tl/main.aap b/runtime/spell/tl/main.aap
index 0145e4a..49d86ac 100644
--- a/runtime/spell/tl/main.aap
+++ b/runtime/spell/tl/main.aap
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 		$VIM -u NONE -e -c "mkspell! $SPELLDIR/tl tl_PH" -c q
 
 $SPELLDIR/tl.utf-8.spl : $FILES
-        :sys env LANG=tl_PH.UTF-8
-		$VIM -u NONE -e -c "mkspell! $SPELLDIR/tl tl_PH" -c q
+        :sys $VIM -u NONE -e -c "set enc=utf-8" -c "mkspell! $SPELLDIR/tl tl_PH" -c q
 
 ../README_tl.txt : README_tl_PH.txt
         :copy $source $target