diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/winmain.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/winmain.cpp
index 78c25dc8..0dd1aa6c 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/winmain.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/winmain.cpp
@@ -1602,7 +1602,6 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hPrevInst, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nC
     }
 #endif
 
-    plLocalization::SetDefaultLanguage();
     // Load an optional general.ini
     wchar gipath[MAX_PATH];
     PathGetInitDirectory(gipath, arrsize(gipath));
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plLocalization.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plLocalization.cpp
index 9ffa3b19..63f52635 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plLocalization.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plLocalization.cpp
@@ -188,57 +188,3 @@ std::vector<std::wstring> plLocalization::StringToLocal(const std::wstring & loc
         retVal[0] = localizedText; // if no tags were in the text, we assume it to be English
     return retVal;
 }
-
-#include "hsWindows.h"
-
-void plLocalization::SetDefaultLanguage()
-{
-    fLanguage = kEnglish;
-#if 0 // disable all languages
-#ifdef HS_BUILD_FOR_WIN32
-    HKEY hLocalKey = NULL;
-    HKEY hMSKey = NULL;
-    HKEY hWindowsKey = NULL;
-    HKEY hCurVerKey = NULL;
-    HKEY hUninstKey = NULL;
-    HKEY hUruKey = NULL;
-
-    #define RegOpen(key, retKey, subKeyName) RegOpenKeyEx(key, subKeyName, 0, KEY_READ, &retKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS
-
-    if (RegOpen(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, hLocalKey,      "software") &&
-        RegOpen(hLocalKey,          hMSKey,         "microsoft") &&
-        RegOpen(hMSKey,             hWindowsKey,    "windows") &&
-        RegOpen(hWindowsKey,        hCurVerKey,     "currentversion") &&
-        RegOpen(hCurVerKey,         hUninstKey,     "uninstall") &&
-        RegOpen(hUninstKey,         hUruKey,        "Uru - Ages Beyond Myst"))
-    {
-        char value[20];
-        DWORD bufsize = sizeof(value);
-        if (RegQueryValueEx(hUruKey, "Lang", NULL, NULL, (LPBYTE)value, &bufsize) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
-        {
-            if (hsStrEQ(value, "en"))
-                fLanguage = kEnglish;
-            else if (hsStrEQ(value, "fr"))
-                fLanguage = kFrench;
-            else if (hsStrEQ(value, "de"))
-                fLanguage = kGerman;
-            else if (hsStrEQ(value, "es"))
-                fLanguage = kSpanish;
-            else if (hsStrEQ(value, "it"))
-                fLanguage = kItalian;
-            else if (hsStrEQ(value, "jp"))
-                fLanguage = kJapanese;
-            else
-                fLanguage = kEnglish;
-        }
-    }
-
-    RegCloseKey(hLocalKey);
-    RegCloseKey(hMSKey);
-    RegCloseKey(hWindowsKey);
-    RegCloseKey(hCurVerKey);
-    RegCloseKey(hUninstKey);
-    RegCloseKey(hUruKey);
-#endif // HS_BUILD_FOR_WIN32
-#endif // 0
-}
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plLocalization.h b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plLocalization.h
index 888c8f5b..ab341662 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plLocalization.h
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plResMgr/plLocalization.h
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ protected:
     static hsBool IGetLocalized(const char* name, Language lang, char* localizedName);
 
 public:
-    // Sets the default language, as determined by the installer
-    static void SetDefaultLanguage();
-    
     static void SetLanguage(Language lang) { fLanguage = lang; }
     static Language GetLanguage() { return fLanguage; }