diff --git a/src/libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/AuthScreens.js b/src/libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/AuthScreens.js
index 73a390a7967d..13315aaae872 100644
--- a/src/libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/AuthScreens.js
+++ b/src/libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/AuthScreens.js
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ import Timers from '../../Timers';
 import LogInWithShortLivedTokenPage from '../../../pages/LogInWithShortLivedTokenPage';
 import defaultScreenOptions from './defaultScreenOptions';
 import * as API from '../../API';
-import {setLocale} from '../../actions/App';
 import {cleanupSession} from '../../actions/Session';
 
 Onyx.connect({
@@ -147,9 +146,7 @@ class AuthScreens extends React.Component {
             nvpNames: ONYXKEYS.NVP_PREFERRED_LOCALE,
         }).then((response) => {
             const preferredLocale = lodashGet(response, ['nameValuePairs', 'preferredLocale'], CONST.DEFAULT_LOCALE);
-            if ((currentPreferredLocale !== CONST.DEFAULT_LOCALE) && (preferredLocale !== currentPreferredLocale)) {
-                setLocale(currentPreferredLocale);
-            } else {
+            if (preferredLocale !== currentPreferredLocale) {
                 Onyx.set(ONYXKEYS.NVP_PREFERRED_LOCALE, preferredLocale);
             }
         });