diff --git a/libs/filesystem/v2/src/v2_path.cpp b/libs/filesystem/v2/src/v2_path.cpp
index 7adeaff..027b299 100644
--- a/libs/filesystem/v2/src/v2_path.cpp
+++ b/libs/filesystem/v2/src/v2_path.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace
   {
 #if !defined(macintosh) && !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(__APPLE_CC__) 
     // ISO C calls this "the locale-specific native environment":
-    static std::locale lc("");
+    static std::locale lc;
 #else  // Mac OS
     // "All BSD system functions expect their string parameters to be in UTF-8 encoding
     // and nothing else."
diff --git a/libs/filesystem/v3/src/path.cpp b/libs/filesystem/v3/src/path.cpp
index 7dc0b53..213ca36 100644
--- a/libs/filesystem/v3/src/path.cpp
+++ b/libs/filesystem/v3/src/path.cpp
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ namespace
 
 #   else
     // ISO C calls this "the locale-specific native environment":
-    return std::locale("");
+    return std::locale();
 
 #   endif
   }