diff --git a/SQL/mssql.initial.sql b/SQL/mssql.initial.sql
index 98412de2bdd..1814701a78a 100644
--- a/SQL/mssql.initial.sql
+++ b/SQL/mssql.initial.sql
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ CREATE TABLE [dbo].[users] (
 	[alias] [varchar] (128) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NOT NULL ,
 	[created] [datetime] NOT NULL ,
 	[last_login] [datetime] NULL ,
-	[language] [varchar] (5) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NOT NULL ,
+	[language] [varchar] (5) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL ,
 	[preferences] [text] COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NOT NULL 
 ) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]
 GO
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ ALTER TABLE [dbo].[users] ADD
 	CONSTRAINT [DF_users_mail_host] DEFAULT ('') FOR [mail_host],
 	CONSTRAINT [DF_users_alias] DEFAULT ('') FOR [alias],
 	CONSTRAINT [DF_users_created] DEFAULT (getdate()) FOR [created],
-	CONSTRAINT [DF_users_language] DEFAULT ('en') FOR [language]
 GO
 
  CREATE  INDEX [IX_users_username] ON [dbo].[users]([username]) ON [PRIMARY]
diff --git a/SQL/mysql.initial.sql b/SQL/mysql.initial.sql
index 4fa6a003aaa..5b2bb8a5f16 100644
--- a/SQL/mysql.initial.sql
+++ b/SQL/mysql.initial.sql
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `users` (
   `alias` varchar(128) NOT NULL default '',
   `created` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
   `last_login` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
-  `language` varchar(5) NOT NULL default 'en',
+  `language` varchar(5),
   `preferences` text,
   PRIMARY KEY  (`user_id`),
   INDEX `username_index` (`username`),
diff --git a/SQL/mysql.update.sql b/SQL/mysql.update.sql
index 74ff5330fce..5590099d026 100644
--- a/SQL/mysql.update.sql
+++ b/SQL/mysql.update.sql
@@ -41,3 +41,6 @@ ALTER TABLE `session`
 
 ALTER TABLE `cache`
     ADD INDEX `created_index` (`created`);
+
+ALTER TABLE `users`
+    CHANGE `language` `language` varchar(5);
diff --git a/SQL/mysql5.initial.sql b/SQL/mysql5.initial.sql
index 54dee1dbad2..8c6b1e009f6 100644
--- a/SQL/mysql5.initial.sql
+++ b/SQL/mysql5.initial.sql
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `users` (
  `alias` varchar(128) NOT NULL,
  `created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `last_login` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
- `language` varchar(5) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'en',
+ `language` varchar(5),
  `preferences` text,
  PRIMARY KEY(`user_id`),
  INDEX `username_index` (`username`),
diff --git a/SQL/postgres.initial.sql b/SQL/postgres.initial.sql
index b5f7779d713..d2e56980b21 100644
--- a/SQL/postgres.initial.sql
+++ b/SQL/postgres.initial.sql
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ CREATE TABLE users (
     alias character varying(128) DEFAULT ''::character varying NOT NULL,
     created timestamp with time zone DEFAULT now() NOT NULL,
     last_login timestamp with time zone DEFAULT now() NOT NULL,
-    "language" character varying(5) DEFAULT 'en'::character varying NOT NULL,
+    "language" character varying(5),
     preferences text DEFAULT ''::text NOT NULL
 );
 
diff --git a/SQL/postgres.update.sql b/SQL/postgres.update.sql
index 14fdc975309..5dae5a28afc 100644
--- a/SQL/postgres.update.sql
+++ b/SQL/postgres.update.sql
@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@ ALTER TABLE cache DROP session_id;
 
 CREATE INDEX session_changed_idx ON session (changed);
 CREATE INDEX cache_created_idx ON "cache" (created);
+
+ALTER TABLE users ALTER "language" DROP NOT NULL;
+ALTER TABLE users ALTER "language" DROP DEFAULT;
diff --git a/SQL/sqlite.initial.sql b/SQL/sqlite.initial.sql
index e89f0d16af8..5120ea0b7a2 100644
--- a/SQL/sqlite.initial.sql
+++ b/SQL/sqlite.initial.sql
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ CREATE TABLE users (
   alias varchar(128) NOT NULL default '',
   created datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
   last_login datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
-  language varchar(5) NOT NULL default 'en',
+  language varchar(5),
   preferences text NOT NULL default ''
 );