diff --git a/guides/i18n.md b/guides/i18n.md
index 2cb527c15..245e1d417 100644
--- a/guides/i18n.md
+++ b/guides/i18n.md
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ Upon incoming requests at runtime, the user's preferred language is determined a
    1. The value of the `sap-locale` URL parameter, if present.
    2. The value of the `sap-language` URL parameter, but only if it's `1Q`, `2Q` or `3Q` as described below.
    3. The first entry from the request's `Accept-Language` header.
-   4. The `default_language` configured on the app level.
 2. Narrow to normalized locales as described below.
 ::: tip
 CAP Node.js accepts formats following the available standards of POSIX and RFC 1766, and transforms them into normalized locales. CAP Java only accepts language codes following the standard of RFC 1766 (or [IETF's BCP 47](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt)).