diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 2afe599a..aac5d735 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -214,6 +214,4 @@ CubeScript
 I18n / L10n
 ---------------------
 
-[*] Client now tries to set the LANG alias if it's not defined.
-[*] fixed LANG for windows (breaks Win98/2K compatibility!)
 [*] Float separator set to "." (dot) regardless of locale.
diff --git a/source/src/i18n.cpp b/source/src/i18n.cpp
index 357fa774..f5d3ad18 100644
--- a/source/src/i18n.cpp
+++ b/source/src/i18n.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include "cube.h"
 #include <locale.h>
 
-SVARP(lang, "");
+SVARFP(lang, "en", filterlang(lang, lang));
 
 i18nmanager::i18nmanager(const char *domain, const char *basepath) : domain(domain), basepath(basepath)
 {
@@ -12,20 +12,6 @@ i18nmanager::i18nmanager(const char *domain, const char *basepath) : domain(doma
     textdomain(domain);
     bind_textdomain_codeset(domain, "UTF-8"); // we use the utf-8 charset only
 
-
-    char localelang[3];
-    if(!lang[0])
-    {
-#ifdef WIN32
-        GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SISO639LANGNAME, localelang, 3);
-#else
-        copystring(localelang, locale, 3);
-#endif
-        filterlang(localelang, localelang);
-        copystring(lang, localelang, 3);
-    }
-    printf("current locale: %s (%s)\n", locale, lang);
-
     setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C"); // make sure numeric is consistent (very important for float usage in scripts)
                                 // Note to self: only do this _after_ using the return value from the previous
                                 // setlocale call - this one will overwrite it