diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 415cb9ac7f..5085ac7c7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ jobs:
           gmt text -L
           cat ~/.gmt/cidfmap
           cat ~/.gmt/PSL_custom_fonts.txt
-          cd $(gmt --show-sharedir)/localization
-          cp gmt_cn1.locale gmt_cn1.locale_old
-          iconv -f GBK -t UTF-8 gmt_cn1.locale_old > gmt_cn1.locale
 
       - name: Build HTML
         run: make build_html
diff --git a/.github/workflows/preview-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/preview-pr.yml
index 3b64cd3bd8..1169ad59b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/preview-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/preview-pr.yml
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ jobs:
           gmt text -L
           cat ~/.gmt/cidfmap
           cat ~/.gmt/PSL_custom_fonts.txt
-          cd $(gmt --show-sharedir)/localization
-          cp gmt_cn1.locale gmt_cn1.locale_old
-          iconv -f GBK -t UTF-8 gmt_cn1.locale_old > gmt_cn1.locale
 
       - name: Build HTML
         run: make build_html
diff --git a/scripts/setup-ci.sh b/scripts/setup-ci.sh
index 94e8d3b034..3def1b74cc 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-ci.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-ci.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Download some datasets and make changes for CI.
-# 
+#
 
 # Create the .gmt folder
 mkdir ~/.gmt
@@ -74,3 +74,6 @@ STHeiti-Regular--UniGB-UTF8-V   0.700   1
 STKaiti-Regular--UniGB-UTF8-V   0.700   1
 EOF
 
+# Fix the gmt_cn1.locale file
+mkdir -p ~/.gmt/localization
+iconv -f GBK -t UTF-8 $(gmt --show-sharedir)/localization/gmt_cn1.locale > ~/.gmt/localization/gmt_cn1.locale