diff --git a/includes/translation.handler.inc b/includes/translation.handler.inc
index b3fdb26..af0f4f2 100644
--- a/includes/translation.handler.inc
+++ b/includes/translation.handler.inc
@@ -885,14 +885,6 @@ class EntityTranslationDefaultHandler implements EntityTranslationHandlerInterfa
     if (!empty($this->activeLanguage)) {
       return $this->activeLanguage;
     }
-    // For new entities the active language should match the default language.
-    // The language stored with the entity itself (for example, $node->language)
-    // may not be reliable since the function creating the entity object will
-    // not know which language "Entity Translation" is configured to create the
-    // entity in.
-    elseif ($this->isNewEntity()) {
-      return $this->getDefaultLanguage();
-    }
     else {
       return $this->getLanguage();
     }