graphql-java
diff --git a/‎src/main/java/graphql/GraphQL.java‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion b/‎src/main/java/graphql/GraphQL.java‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
diff --git a/‎src/main/java/graphql/ParseAndValidate.java‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 2 deletions b/‎src/main/java/graphql/ParseAndValidate.java‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 2 deletions
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ private List<ValidationError> validate(ExecutionInput executionInput, Document d
         validationCtx.onDispatched();
 
         Predicate<Class<?>> validationRulePredicate = executionInput.getGraphQLContext().getOrDefault(ParseAndValidate.INTERNAL_VALIDATION_PREDICATE_HINT, r -> true);
-        Locale locale = executionInput.getLocale() != null ? executionInput.getLocale() : Locale.getDefault();
+        Locale locale = executionInput.getLocale();
         List<ValidationError> validationErrors = ParseAndValidate.validate(graphQLSchema, document, validationRulePredicate, locale);
 
         validationCtx.onCompleted(validationErrors, null);
 
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ public static ParseAndValidateResult parse(ExecutionInput executionInput) {
             // we use the query parser options by default if they are not specified
             parserOptions = ofNullable(parserOptions).orElse(ParserOptions.getDefaultOperationParserOptions());
             Parser parser = new Parser();
-            // DZ TODO talking point: we can now delete null checks like the line below - you get an IDE warning about it
-            Locale locale = executionInput.getLocale() == null ? Locale.getDefault() : executionInput.getLocale();
+            Locale locale = executionInput.getLocale();
             ParserEnvironment parserEnvironment = ParserEnvironment.newParserEnvironment()
                     .document(executionInput.getQuery()).parserOptions(parserOptions)
                     .locale(locale)