diff --git a/src/klocalizedstring.cpp b/src/klocalizedstring.cpp
--- a/src/klocalizedstring.cpp
+++ b/src/klocalizedstring.cpp
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
 #ifndef Q_OS_UNIX
     // For non UNIX platforms the environment variables might not
     // suffice so we add system locale UI languages, too.
-    appendLanguagesFromQLocale(localeLanguages, QLocale::system());
+    appendLanguagesFromQLocale(localeLanguages, QLocale());
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     // translation for the current locale to overload it.
     loadTranslation(QStringLiteral("en"));
 
-    QLocale locale = QLocale::system();
+    QLocale locale;
     if (locale.name() != QStringLiteral("en")) {
         if (!loadTranslation(locale.name())) {
             loadTranslation(locale.bcp47Name());