diff --git a/modules/juce_core/native/java/JuceAppActivity.java b/modules/juce_core/native/java/JuceAppActivity.java
index 86b4fa85cc..6b34b00025 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/native/java/JuceAppActivity.java
+++ b/modules/juce_core/native/java/JuceAppActivity.java
@@ -1081,8 +1081,8 @@ public class JuceAppActivity   extends Activity
     {
         java.util.Locale locale = java.util.Locale.getDefault();
 
-        return isRegion ? locale.getDisplayCountry  (java.util.Locale.US)
-                        : locale.getDisplayLanguage (java.util.Locale.US);
+        return isRegion ? locale.getCountry()
+                        : locale.getLanguage();
     }
 
     private static final String getFileLocation (String type)