diff --git a/wp-rss.php b/wp-rss.php
index 06c5409734..ddbca07b7c 100644
--- a/wp-rss.php
+++ b/wp-rss.php
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ header('Content-type: text/xml', true);
         <description><?php bloginfo_rss("description") ?></description>
         <lastBuildDate><?php echo mysql2date('D, d M Y H:i:s +0000', get_lastpostmodified('GMT')); ?></lastBuildDate>
         <docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
-        <language><?php echo get_settings('rss_language'); ?></language>
 
 <?php $items_count = 0; if ($posts) { foreach ($posts as $post) { start_wp(); ?>
         <item>
diff --git a/wp-rss2.php b/wp-rss2.php
index 7e85437807..0e01d16b5d 100644
--- a/wp-rss2.php
+++ b/wp-rss2.php
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ header('Content-type: text/xml', true);
 	<title><?php bloginfo_rss('name') ?></title>
 	<link><?php bloginfo_rss('url') ?></link>
 	<description><?php bloginfo_rss("description") ?></description>
-	<language><?php echo get_settings('rss_language'); ?></language>
 	<copyright>Copyright <?php echo mysql2date('Y', get_lastpostdate()); ?></copyright>
 	<pubDate><?php echo mysql2date('D, d M Y H:i:s +0000', get_lastpostmodified('GMT')); ?></pubDate>
 	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=<?php echo $wp_version ?></generator>