diff --git a/frappe/patches.txt b/frappe/patches.txt
index 1ba701174d..3c8dbd23bd 100644
--- a/frappe/patches.txt
+++ b/frappe/patches.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,5 @@ frappe.patches.v4_0.deprecate_control_panel
 frappe.patches.v4_0.file_manager_hooks
 execute:frappe.get_doc("User", "Guest").save()
 frappe.patches.v4_0.deprecate_link_selects
-frappe.patches.v4_0.set_language_in_system_settings
 frappe.patches.v4_0.set_user_gravatar
 frappe.patches.v4_0.update_custom_field_insert_after
diff --git a/frappe/patches/v4_0/set_language_in_system_settings.py b/frappe/patches/v4_0/set_language_in_system_settings.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c9b2e43d0..0000000000
--- a/frappe/patches/v4_0/set_language_in_system_settings.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2013, Web Notes Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Contributors
-# MIT License. See license.txt
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-import frappe
-from collections import Counter
-from frappe.core.doctype.user.user import STANDARD_USERS
-
-def execute():
-	if frappe.db.get_value("System Settings", "System Settings", "language"):
-		return
-
-	# find most common language
-	lang = frappe.db.sql_list("""select language from `tabUser`
-		where ifnull(language, '')!='' and language not like "Loading%%" and name not in ({standard_users})""".format(
-		standard_users=", ".join(["%s"]*len(STANDARD_USERS))), tuple(STANDARD_USERS))
-	lang = Counter(lang).most_common(1)
-	lang = (len(lang) > 0) and lang[0][0] or "english"
-
-	# set language in System Settings
-	system_settings = frappe.get_doc("System Settings")
-	system_settings.language = lang
-	system_settings.ignore_mandatory = True
-	system_settings.save()