diff --git a/3.10/alpine3.18/Dockerfile b/3.10/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
index 5fd9d9406..e89f85846 100644
--- a/3.10/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.10/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.18
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.10/alpine3.19/Dockerfile b/3.10/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
index da26ef1a1..d04e31d00 100644
--- a/3.10/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.10/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.19
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.10/bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.10/bookworm/Dockerfile
index 8921da3f1..10e494c43 100644
--- a/3.10/bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.10/bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM buildpack-deps:bookworm
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.10/bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.10/bullseye/Dockerfile
index 1be9cc9ea..47e2ee963 100644
--- a/3.10/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.10/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM buildpack-deps:bullseye
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.10/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.10/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
index 191c2e98b..5f553ee78 100644
--- a/3.10/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.10/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.10/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.10/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
index b2ab15bde..60ddf5100 100644
--- a/3.10/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.10/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM debian:bullseye-slim
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.11/alpine3.18/Dockerfile b/3.11/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
index 24ba43d9f..9b599aa52 100644
--- a/3.11/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.11/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.18
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.11/alpine3.19/Dockerfile b/3.11/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
index 9a2078fc9..bffc4aca7 100644
--- a/3.11/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.11/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.19
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.11/bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.11/bookworm/Dockerfile
index 960bb2a86..cb9a19a0f 100644
--- a/3.11/bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.11/bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM buildpack-deps:bookworm
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.11/bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.11/bullseye/Dockerfile
index f62b76b85..e49b67ca3 100644
--- a/3.11/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.11/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM buildpack-deps:bullseye
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.11/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.11/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
index a95224a3d..599ed0d13 100644
--- a/3.11/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.11/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.11/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.11/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
index 5be3e8003..a1f0e08b0 100644
--- a/3.11/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.11/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM debian:bullseye-slim
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.12/alpine3.18/Dockerfile b/3.12/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
index db8bc3a7b..2423841af 100644
--- a/3.12/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.12/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.18
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.12/alpine3.19/Dockerfile b/3.12/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
index 9769d13f2..928d088e2 100644
--- a/3.12/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.12/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.19
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.12/bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.12/bookworm/Dockerfile
index f8d75de61..aba046723 100644
--- a/3.12/bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.12/bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM buildpack-deps:bookworm
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.12/bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.12/bullseye/Dockerfile
index 7fca08384..642757ef0 100644
--- a/3.12/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.12/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM buildpack-deps:bullseye
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.12/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.12/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
index 84619d572..43b804b1c 100644
--- a/3.12/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.12/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.12/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.12/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
index b2ebee341..206bd5cd5 100644
--- a/3.12/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.12/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM debian:bullseye-slim
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.13-rc/alpine3.18/Dockerfile b/3.13-rc/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
index 5c4ac8410..1854afe57 100644
--- a/3.13-rc/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.13-rc/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ FROM alpine:3.18
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-
 # runtime dependencies
 RUN set -eux; \
 	apk add --no-cache \
diff --git a/3.13-rc/alpine3.19/Dockerfile b/3.13-rc/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
index 6734814fa..d2f079d20 100644
--- a/3.13-rc/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.13-rc/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ FROM alpine:3.19
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-
 # runtime dependencies
 RUN set -eux; \
 	apk add --no-cache \
diff --git a/3.13-rc/bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.13-rc/bookworm/Dockerfile
index b57bef394..83319786a 100644
--- a/3.13-rc/bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.13-rc/bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ FROM buildpack-deps:bookworm
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-
 # runtime dependencies
 RUN set -eux; \
 	apt-get update; \
diff --git a/3.13-rc/bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.13-rc/bullseye/Dockerfile
index a43cf36cc..d12599511 100644
--- a/3.13-rc/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.13-rc/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ FROM buildpack-deps:bullseye
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-
 # runtime dependencies
 RUN set -eux; \
 	apt-get update; \
diff --git a/3.13-rc/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.13-rc/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
index b75af431f..bc8bb9a82 100644
--- a/3.13-rc/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.13-rc/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-
 # runtime dependencies
 RUN set -eux; \
 	apt-get update; \
diff --git a/3.13-rc/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.13-rc/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
index ac7bb2fe1..4db3a8735 100644
--- a/3.13-rc/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.13-rc/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ FROM debian:bullseye-slim
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-
 # runtime dependencies
 RUN set -eux; \
 	apt-get update; \
diff --git a/3.8/alpine3.18/Dockerfile b/3.8/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
index 45b954958..5977a7506 100644
--- a/3.8/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.8/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.18
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.8/alpine3.19/Dockerfile b/3.8/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
index 2ff38f781..a5ad57d6d 100644
--- a/3.8/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.8/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.19
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.8/bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.8/bookworm/Dockerfile
index 45f241254..6edbcd056 100644
--- a/3.8/bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.8/bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM buildpack-deps:bookworm
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.8/bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.8/bullseye/Dockerfile
index 2c5727e2b..ad4954c8c 100644
--- a/3.8/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.8/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM buildpack-deps:bullseye
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.8/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.8/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
index 8a8d95bec..f74afc527 100644
--- a/3.8/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.8/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.8/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.8/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
index bd0092364..6dde32d39 100644
--- a/3.8/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.8/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM debian:bullseye-slim
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.9/alpine3.18/Dockerfile b/3.9/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
index af38411a8..d5c302998 100644
--- a/3.9/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.9/alpine3.18/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.18
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.9/alpine3.19/Dockerfile b/3.9/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
index 50bb1e0e9..cf6e53b2f 100644
--- a/3.9/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.9/alpine3.19/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM alpine:3.19
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.9/bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.9/bookworm/Dockerfile
index 050e94793..3bbff4244 100644
--- a/3.9/bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.9/bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM buildpack-deps:bookworm
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.9/bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.9/bullseye/Dockerfile
index 4ee7bdc3b..c37418cfe 100644
--- a/3.9/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.9/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM buildpack-deps:bullseye
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.9/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile b/3.9/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
index 0a6b968f5..29367e2d9 100644
--- a/3.9/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.9/slim-bookworm/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/3.9/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile b/3.9/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
index 889b0c268..9be8204d4 100644
--- a/3.9/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.9/slim-bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ FROM debian:bullseye-slim
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
 # runtime dependencies
diff --git a/Dockerfile-linux.template b/Dockerfile-linux.template
index 7e3a2f2c3..6ace1d918 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-linux.template
+++ b/Dockerfile-linux.template
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@ FROM buildpack-deps:{{ env.variant }}
 # ensure local python is preferred over distribution python
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
+{{ if [ "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12" ] | index(rcVersion) then ( -}}
+{{ # only set LANG on versions less than 3.13 -}}
+# cannot remove LANG even though https://bugs.python.org/issue19846 is fixed
+# last attempted removal of LANG broke many users:
+# https://github.com/docker-library/python/pull/570
 ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 
+{{ ) else "" end -}}
 # runtime dependencies
 {{ if is_alpine then ( -}}
 RUN set -eux; \