diff --git a/src/modules/locale/LocaleConfiguration.cpp b/src/modules/locale/LocaleConfiguration.cpp
index 3377b11f3..da8d4d0f3 100644
--- a/src/modules/locale/LocaleConfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/locale/LocaleConfiguration.cpp
@@ -71,23 +71,6 @@ LocaleConfiguration::fromLanguageAndLocation( const QString& languageLocale,
     {
         lang = linesForLanguage.first();
     }
-    else
-    {
-        QStringList linesForLanguageUtf;
-        // FIXME: this might be useless if we already filter out non-UTF8 locales
-        foreach ( QString line, linesForLanguage )
-        {
-            if ( line.contains( "UTF-8", Qt::CaseInsensitive ) || line.contains( "utf8", Qt::CaseInsensitive ) )
-            {
-                linesForLanguageUtf.append( line );
-            }
-        }
-
-        if ( linesForLanguageUtf.length() == 1 )
-        {
-            lang = linesForLanguageUtf.first();
-        }
-    }
 
     // lang could still be empty if we found multiple locales that satisfy myLanguage