diff --git a/cadasta/config/settings/default.py b/cadasta/config/settings/default.py
index acf24c815..e24650af2 100644
--- a/cadasta/config/settings/default.py
+++ b/cadasta/config/settings/default.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 USE_I18N = True
 LOCALE_PATHS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'locale')]
 LANGUAGES = [
-    ('ar', _('Arabic')),
+    # ('ar', _('Arabic')), hiding until r2l fixed
     ('en', _('English')),
     ('fr', _('French')),
     ('de', _('German')),