diff --git a/src/components/AppLanguageDropdown.tsx b/src/components/AppLanguageDropdown.tsx
index 02cd0ce2d4..6170ab2e20 100644
--- a/src/components/AppLanguageDropdown.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AppLanguageDropdown.tsx
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ export function AppLanguageDropdown() {
       if (sanitizedLang !== value) {
         setLangPrefs.setAppLanguage(sanitizeAppLanguageSetting(value))
       }
-      setLangPrefs.setPrimaryLanguage(value)
-      setLangPrefs.setContentLanguage(value)
 
       // reset feeds to refetch content
       resetPostsFeedQueries(queryClient)
diff --git a/src/components/AppLanguageDropdown.web.tsx b/src/components/AppLanguageDropdown.web.tsx
index a106d99663..00a7b53011 100644
--- a/src/components/AppLanguageDropdown.web.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AppLanguageDropdown.web.tsx
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ export function AppLanguageDropdown() {
       if (sanitizedLang !== value) {
         setLangPrefs.setAppLanguage(sanitizeAppLanguageSetting(value))
       }
-      setLangPrefs.setPrimaryLanguage(value)
-      setLangPrefs.setContentLanguage(value)
 
       // reset feeds to refetch content
       resetPostsFeedQueries(queryClient)