diff --git a/osdep/language-win.c b/osdep/language-win.c
index 667757d8c8..46d5158bbe 100644
--- a/osdep/language-win.c
+++ b/osdep/language-win.c
@@ -48,14 +48,6 @@ char **mp_get_user_langs(void)
     if (GetUserPreferredUILanguages(MUI_LANGUAGE_NAME, &count, buf, &size))
         apppend_langs(&ret, &ret_count, buf, count);
 
-    size = 0;
-    if (!GetSystemPreferredUILanguages(MUI_LANGUAGE_NAME, &count, NULL, &size))
-        goto done;
-
-    MP_TARRAY_GROW(NULL, buf, size);
-    if (GetSystemPreferredUILanguages(MUI_LANGUAGE_NAME, &count, buf, &size))
-        apppend_langs(&ret, &ret_count, buf, count);
-
 done:
     if (ret_count)
         MP_TARRAY_APPEND(NULL, ret, ret_count, NULL);
diff --git a/test/libmpv_test_track_selection.c b/test/libmpv_test_track_selection.c
index 8775669d00..21125b083e 100644
--- a/test/libmpv_test_track_selection.c
+++ b/test/libmpv_test_track_selection.c
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ static bool have_english_locale(void)
     if (any_starts_with(buf, count, L"en"))
         return true;
 
-    size = _countof(buf);
-    if (!GetSystemPreferredUILanguages(MUI_LANGUAGE_NAME, &count, buf, &size))
-        fail("GetSystemPreferredUILanguages failed: %#lx\n", GetLastError());
-
     if (any_starts_with(buf, count, L"en"))
         return true;