phpBB/phpbb/install/controller/helper.php

@@ -339,14 +339,6 @@ class helper
 	protected function render_language_select($selected_language = null)
 	{
 		$langs = $this->lang_helper->get_available_languages();
-
-		// The first language will be selected by default. Unless a user has consciously included
-		// other languages in the installation process, it will be British English anyway.
-		if ($selected_language === null && count($langs))
-		{
-			$selected_language = $langs[0]['iso'];
-		}
-
 		foreach ($langs as $lang)
 		{
 			$this->template->assign_block_vars('language_select_item', array(

phpBB/phpbb/language/language_file_helper.php

@@ -67,18 +67,6 @@ class language_file_helper
 			);
 		}
 
-		usort($available_languages, [$this, 'sort_by_local_name']);
-
 		return $available_languages;
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Sorts the languages by their name instead of iso code
-	 *
-	 * @return array
-	 */
-	private static function sort_by_local_name($a, $b)
-	{
-		return $a['local_name'] > $b['local_name'];
-	}
 }