diff --git wp-includes/l10n.php wp-includes/l10n.php
index a273b0c..77a4d4b 100644
--- wp-includes/l10n.php
+++ wp-includes/l10n.php
@@ -1142,6 +1142,7 @@ function wp_dropdown_languages( $args = array() ) {
 		'echo'         => 1,
 		'show_available_translations' => true,
 		'show_option_site_default'    => false,
+		'show_en_us_default'          => true,
 	) );
 
 	// Bail if no ID or no name.
@@ -1204,11 +1205,13 @@ function wp_dropdown_languages( $args = array() ) {
 		);
 	}
 
-	// Always show English.
-	$structure[] = sprintf(
-		'<option value="" lang="en" data-installed="1"%s>English (United States)</option>',
-		selected( '', $parsed_args['selected'], false )
-	);
+	if ( $parsed_args['show_en_us_default'] ) {
+		// Always show English.
+		$structure[] = sprintf(
+			'<option value="" lang="en" data-installed="1"%s>English (United States)</option>',
+			selected( '', $parsed_args['selected'], false )
+		);
+	}
 
 	// List installed languages. 
 	foreach ( $languages as $language ) {