diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/testbase/cocoapodsTestHelpers.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/testbase/cocoapodsTestHelpers.kt
index f2c6a13357c..ddd5356f5ff 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/testbase/cocoapodsTestHelpers.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/testbase/cocoapodsTestHelpers.kt
@@ -154,8 +154,6 @@ fun cocoaPodsEnvironmentVariables(): Map<String, String> {
     return mapOf(
         "PATH" to path,
         "GEM_PATH" to gemPath,
-        // CocoaPods 1.11 requires UTF-8 locale being set, more details: https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/10939
-        "LC_ALL" to "en_US.UTF-8"
     )
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/cocoapods/tasks/AbstractPodInstallTask.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/cocoapods/tasks/AbstractPodInstallTask.kt
index 28070194a29..e95a64bfd5c 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/cocoapods/tasks/AbstractPodInstallTask.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/cocoapods/tasks/AbstractPodInstallTask.kt
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ abstract class AbstractPodInstallTask : CocoapodsTask() {
                    },
                    processConfiguration = {
                        directory(workingDir.get())
+                       // CocoaPods requires to be run with Unicode external encoding
+                       environment().putIfAbsent("LC_ALL", "en_US.UTF-8")
                    })
 
         with(podsXcodeProjDirProvider.get()) {