diff --git a/sc2/src/options.c b/sc2/src/options.c
index 3ea5c6668..5bb04decd 100644
--- a/sc2/src/options.c
+++ b/sc2/src/options.c
@@ -388,23 +388,3 @@ mountDirZips (uio_MountHandle *contentHandle, uio_DirHandle *dirHandle)
 	uio_freeDirList (dirList);
 }
 
-void
-initLanguage (void)
-{
-	STRING_TABLE langDef;
-	STRING locString;
-	UNICODE *str;
-
-	langDef = LoadStringTableFile (contentDir, "language.txt");
-	if (!langDef)
-		return;
-
-	locString = SetAbsStringTableIndex (langDef, 0);
-	str = GetStringAddress (locString);
-	if (str)
-		setlocale (LC_ALL, str);
-
-	DestroyStringTable (langDef);
-}
-
-
diff --git a/sc2/src/options.h b/sc2/src/options.h
index b43fd9724..833e3c25e 100644
--- a/sc2/src/options.h
+++ b/sc2/src/options.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ void prepareContentDir (const char *contentDirName, const char **addons);
 void prepareConfigDir (const char *configDirName);
 void prepareMeleeDir (void);
 void prepareSaveDir (void);
-void initLanguage (void);
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/sc2/src/starcon2.c b/sc2/src/starcon2.c
index 4e1f46415..c54f0fd38 100644
--- a/sc2/src/starcon2.c
+++ b/sc2/src/starcon2.c
@@ -362,8 +362,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	prepareSaveDir ();
 	initTempDir ();
 
-	initLanguage ();
-
 	InitTimeSystem ();
 	InitTaskSystem ();