README.md | 1 -
 nnn.c     | 6 +++++-

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cd5afbe6cb27d9b91b534661a81be14f16528d44..b3209a071869766fe2591745a61b2277db162086 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@   - Basic and detail view
   - Detailed file information
   - Media information (needs mediainfo or exiftool, if specified)
 - Ordering
-  - Numeric order (1, 2, ... 10, 11, ...) for numeric names
   - Sort by modification time, size
 - Convenience
   - Create, rename files and directories
diff --git a/nnn.c b/nnn.c
index 157fc97465c507740a815e436c75f78881c297ff..99630d09a8a19a630229924b4660b5527dc9fc89 100644
--- a/nnn.c
+++ b/nnn.c
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ 	closedir(dirp);
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
+#if 0
 /*
  * We assume none of the strings are NULL.
  *
@@ -639,6 +640,8 @@  * Let's have the logic to sort numeric names in numeric order.
  * E.g., the order '1, 10, 2' doesn't make sense to human eyes.
  *
  * If the absolute numeric values are same, we fallback to alphasort.
+ *
+ * NOTE: This API is replaced by strcoll().
  */
 static int
 xstricmp(char *s1, char *s2)
@@ -731,6 +734,7 @@ 	}
 
 	return (int) (TOUPPER(*s1) - TOUPPER(*s2));
 }
+#endif
 
 /* Return the integer value of a char representing HEX */
 static char
@@ -842,7 +846,7 @@ 		else if (pb->blocks < pa->blocks)
 			return -1;
 	}
 
-	return xstricmp(pa->name, pb->name);
+	return strcoll(pa->name, pb->name);
 }
 
 /*