diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_settings.py b/pelican/tests/test_settings.py
index c407f7c8..0f630ad5 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_settings.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_settings.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import copy
 import locale
 import os
 from os.path import abspath, dirname, join
-from sys import platform
 
 
 from pelican.settings import (DEFAULT_CONFIG, DEFAULT_THEME,
@@ -136,18 +135,19 @@ class TestSettingsConfiguration(unittest.TestCase):
             settings['ARTICLE_DIR']
             settings['PAGE_DIR']
 
-    # locale.getdefaultlocale() is broken on Windows
-    # See: https://bugs.python.org/issue37945
-    @unittest.skipIf(platform == 'win32', "Doesn't work on Windows")
     def test_default_encoding(self):
-        # Test that the default locale is set if not specified in settings
+        # Test that the user locale is set if not specified in settings
 
-        # Reset locale to Python's default locale
         locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'C')
-        self.assertEqual(self.settings['LOCALE'], DEFAULT_CONFIG['LOCALE'])
+        # empty string = user system locale
+        self.assertEqual(self.settings['LOCALE'], [''])
 
         configure_settings(self.settings)
-        self.assertEqual(locale.getlocale(), locale.getdefaultlocale())
+        lc_time = locale.getlocale(locale.LC_TIME)  # should be set to user locale
+
+        # explicitly set locale to user pref and test
+        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, '')
+        self.assertEqual(lc_time, locale.getlocale(locale.LC_TIME))
 
     def test_invalid_settings_throw_exception(self):
         # Test that the path name is valid