diff --git a/assets/scripts/app/controllers/current_user.coffee b/assets/scripts/app/controllers/current_user.coffee
index c8226503..7a29ca81 100644
--- a/assets/scripts/app/controllers/current_user.coffee
+++ b/assets/scripts/app/controllers/current_user.coffee
@@ -12,6 +12,4 @@ Travis.CurrentUserController = Em.ObjectController.extend
     if (user = @get('content')) && user.get('isSyncing') && !user.get('syncedAt')
       Ember.run.scheduleOnce 'routerTransitions', this, ->
         @container.lookup('router:main').send('renderFirstSync')
-  ).observes('isSyncing', 'content')
-
-  updateLocale: delegate('updateLocale', to: 'content')
+  ).observes('isSyncing', 'content')
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diff --git a/assets/scripts/app/models/user.coffee b/assets/scripts/app/models/user.coffee
index 553b26bc..8f57f53f 100644
--- a/assets/scripts/app/models/user.coffee
+++ b/assets/scripts/app/models/user.coffee
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ require 'travis/model'
   email:       Ember.attr('string')
   login:       Ember.attr('string')
   token:       Ember.attr('string')
-  locale:      Ember.attr('string')
   gravatarId:  Ember.attr('string')
   isSyncing:   Ember.attr('boolean')
   syncedAt:    Ember.attr('string')
@@ -59,10 +58,6 @@ require 'travis/model'
     permissions
   ).property()
 
-  updateLocale: (locale) ->
-    @save()
-    Travis.setLocale(locale)
-
   type: (->
     'user'
   ).property()