diff --git a/www/py-python-digitalocean/Makefile b/www/py-python-digitalocean/Makefile
index e60064f12e08..9b7dabac4abc 100644
--- a/www/py-python-digitalocean/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-python-digitalocean/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 # Created by: Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	python-digitalocean
 PORTVERSION=	1.14.0
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	www python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	skreuzer@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	API to manage digitalocean.com droplets
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
-BROKEN=		fails to configure, non ascii char in position 820 of long_description
-
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=2.0.0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonpickle>0:devel/py-jsonpickle@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
+USES=		python
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	koalalorenzo
 
-USES=	python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USE_LOCALE=	en_US.UTF-8
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>