diff --git a/src/components/Locale/Locale.test.ts b/src/components/Locale/Locale.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index acf934734..000000000
--- a/src/components/Locale/Locale.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import { getMatchingLocale, Locale } from "./Locale";
-
-describe("Matches locale to browser settings", () => {
-  it("if first language is an exact match", () => {
-    const locales = ["fr", "es", "en"];
-
-    expect(getMatchingLocale(locales)).toBe(Locale.FR);
-  });
-
-  it("if there is an exact match, but it's not first preference", () => {
-    const locales = ["does-not-exist", "tr", "de", "fr"];
-
-    expect(getMatchingLocale(locales)).toBe(Locale.TR);
-  });
-
-  it("or returns undefined if there is no match", () => {
-    const locales = [
-      "does-not-exist-1",
-      "does-not-exist-2",
-      "does-not-exist-3",
-    ];
-
-    expect(getMatchingLocale(locales)).toBe(undefined);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/components/Locale/Locale.tsx b/src/components/Locale/Locale.tsx
index fc2bba7bd..aa51ad371 100644
--- a/src/components/Locale/Locale.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Locale/Locale.tsx
@@ -111,20 +111,6 @@ function getKeyValueJson(messages: LocaleMessages): Record<string, string> {
   }
 }
 
-export function getMatchingLocale(languages: readonly string[]): Locale {
-  const localeEntries = Object.entries(Locale);
-
-  for (const preferredLocale of languages) {
-    for (const localeEntry of localeEntries) {
-      if (localeEntry[1].toLowerCase() === preferredLocale.toLowerCase()) {
-        return Locale[localeEntry[0]];
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  return undefined;
-}
-
 const defaultLocale = Locale.EN;
 
 export interface LocaleContextType {
@@ -139,10 +125,7 @@ export const LocaleContext = React.createContext<LocaleContextType>({
 const { Consumer: LocaleConsumer, Provider: RawLocaleProvider } = LocaleContext;
 
 const LocaleProvider: React.FC = ({ children }) => {
-  const [locale, setLocale] = useLocalStorage(
-    "locale",
-    getMatchingLocale(navigator.languages) || defaultLocale,
-  );
+  const [locale, setLocale] = useLocalStorage("locale", defaultLocale);
   const [messages, setMessages] = React.useState(undefined);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {