diff --git a/src/kits/locale/MessageFormat.cpp b/src/kits/locale/MessageFormat.cpp
index ccb3bab07d..50edeee84e 100644
--- a/src/kits/locale/MessageFormat.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/locale/MessageFormat.cpp
@@ -108,9 +108,7 @@ BMessageFormat::_Initialize(const UnicodeString& pattern)
 {
 	UErrorCode error = U_ZERO_ERROR;
 	Locale* icuLocale
-		= fConventions.UseStringsFromPreferredLanguage()
-			? BLanguage::Private(&fLanguage).ICULocale()
-			: BFormattingConventions::Private(&fConventions).ICULocale();
+		= BLanguage::Private(&fLanguage).ICULocale();
 
 	fFormatter = new MessageFormat(pattern, *icuLocale, error);