stty: invalid argument when using SSH

[Rhugga Harper]

I normally set the following in my .bashrc:

stty erase '^H'

When I login with an interactive session, everything is okay.

However, when I connect to a remote host and execute a command via ssh, it
complains:

ssh -l someone somehost uptime
stty: : Invalid argument
  9:24am  up 32 day(s), 13:56,  5 users,  load average: 1.30, 1.52, 1.77

Any tricks to suppresing this or resolving this problem?

Thx,
rhugga