--- old/src/share/classes/sun/util/locale/provider/JRELocaleProviderAdapter.java Wed Nov 7 11:07:41 2012 +++ new/src/share/classes/sun/util/locale/provider/JRELocaleProviderAdapter.java Wed Nov 7 11:07:40 2012 @@ -329,9 +329,6 @@ tagset.add(token); } - // ensure en-US is there (mandated by the spec, e.g. Collator.getAvailableLocales()) - tagset.add("en-US"); - return tagset; }