diff --git a/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/google.xml b/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/google.xml
index 592878469bb6..0036069e1c7d 100755
--- a/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/google.xml
+++ b/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/google.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   <Param name="oe" value="utf-8"/>
   <!-- Dynamic parameters -->
   <Param name="rls" value="{moz:distributionID}:{moz:locale}:{moz:official}"/>
-  <Param name="hl" value="{moz:locale}"/>
   <MozParam name="client" condition="defaultEngine" trueValue="firefox-a" falseValue="firefox"/>
 </Url>
 <SearchForm>http://www.google.com/firefox</SearchForm>