diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/Preference/preferenceDlg.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/Preference/preferenceDlg.cpp
index 8256003ee..c08b2fd32 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/Preference/preferenceDlg.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/Preference/preferenceDlg.cpp
@@ -859,8 +859,8 @@ intptr_t CALLBACK GeneralSubDlg::run_dlgProc(UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM
 									::SendDlgItemMessage(_hSelf, IDC_COMBO_LOCALIZATION, CB_GETLBTEXT, index, reinterpret_cast<LPARAM>(langName));
 									if (langName[0])
 									{
-										// Make English as basic language, but if we switch from another language to English, we can skip it
-										if ((lstrcmpW(langName, L"English") != 0) && localizationSwitcher.switchToLang(L"English"))
+										// Make English as basic language
+										if (localizationSwitcher.switchToLang(L"English"))
 										{
 											::SendMessage(::GetParent(_hParent), NPPM_INTERNAL_RELOADNATIVELANG, FALSE, 0);
 										}