diff --git a/panels/user-accounts/um-user-panel.c b/panels/user-accounts/um-user-panel.c
index 25405b4af..6ccc9e199 100644
--- a/panels/user-accounts/um-user-panel.c
+++ b/panels/user-accounts/um-user-panel.c
@@ -837,10 +837,6 @@ show_user (ActUser *user, CcUserPanel *self)
 
         name = NULL;
         lang = g_strdup (act_user_get_language (user));
-        if ((!lang || *lang == '\0') && act_user_get_uid (user) == getuid ()) {
-                lang = cc_common_language_get_current_language ();
-                act_user_set_language (user, lang);
-        }
 
         if (lang && *lang != '\0') {
                 name = gnome_get_language_from_locale (lang, NULL);