diff --git a/src/libstore/sandbox-defaults.sb.in b/src/libstore/sandbox-defaults.sb.in
index 54e453043..12c39fa7f 100644
--- a/src/libstore/sandbox-defaults.sb.in
+++ b/src/libstore/sandbox-defaults.sb.in
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
        (literal "/private/var/run/systemkeychaincheck.done")
        (literal "/private/etc/protocols")
        (literal "/private/var/tmp")
-       (subpath "/usr/share/locale")
-       (subpath "/usr/share/zoneinfo")
        (literal "/private/var/db")
        (subpath "/private/var/db/mds"))