diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index d52a6668..37b3616f 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -2793,7 +2793,9 @@ template <typename Char, typename Grouping, typename OutputIt,
 FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto do_write_float(OutputIt out, const DecimalFP& f,
                                     const format_specs& specs, sign s,
                                     int exp_upper, locale_ref loc) -> OutputIt {
-  Char point = specs.localized() ? detail::decimal_point<Char>(loc) : Char('.');
+  Char point = FMT_USE_LOCALE && specs.localized()
+                   ? detail::decimal_point<Char>(loc)
+                   : Char('.');
   int significand_size = get_significand_size(f);
   int exp = f.exponent + significand_size - 1;
   if (specs.type() == presentation_type::fixed ||
@@ -2832,7 +2834,7 @@ template <typename Char, typename OutputIt, typename DecimalFP>
 FMT_CONSTEXPR20 auto write_float(OutputIt out, const DecimalFP& f,
                                  const format_specs& specs, sign s,
                                  int exp_upper, locale_ref loc) -> OutputIt {
-  if (is_constant_evaluated()) {
+  if (is_constant_evaluated() || !FMT_USE_LOCALE) {
     return do_write_float<Char, fallback_digit_grouping<Char>>(out, f, specs, s,
                                                                exp_upper, loc);
   } else {
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 48c5f93a..1cd0f5ee 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -129,12 +129,13 @@ if (FMT_PEDANTIC)
   endif ()
 
   # Test that the library compiles without locale.
-  add_library(nolocale-test ../src/format.cc)
+  add_executable(nolocale-test ../src/format.cc nolocale-test.cc)
   target_include_directories(nolocale-test
                              PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
   target_compile_definitions(nolocale-test PRIVATE FMT_USE_LOCALE=0)
   target_compile_options(nolocale-test
                          PRIVATE $<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/utf-8>)
+  add_test(NAME nolocale-test COMMAND nolocale-test)
 endif ()
 
 # These tests are disabled on Windows because they take too long.
diff --git a/test/nolocale-test.cc b/test/nolocale-test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17cf1ed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/nolocale-test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Formatting library for C++ - no-locale tests
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2012 - present, Victor Zverovich and {fmt} contributors
+// All rights reserved.
+//
+// For the license information refer to format.h.
+
+#include "fmt/format.h"
+
+int main() {
+  if (fmt::format("{:L}", 1234567) != "1234567") return 1;
+  if (fmt::format("{:L}", 1234.5) != "1234.5") return 1;
+}