diff --git a/lib/locales/utils/loader.rb b/lib/locales/utils/loader.rb
index 0deb82230..c37c2245e 100644
--- a/lib/locales/utils/loader.rb
+++ b/lib/locales/utils/loader.rb
@@ -16,17 +16,10 @@
             end
           end
 
-normalized_locales = {'zh-cn'=>'zh-CN', 'zh-hk'=>'zh-HK'}
-
 # loader proc
 lambda do |i18n, *args|
   i18n.clear
   args.each do |arg|
-    if normalized_locales.key?(arg[:locale])
-      right_locale = normalized_locales[arg[:locale]]
-      Warning.warn("\n*** WARNING *** [Pagy::I18n.load] The '#{arg[:locale]}' locale is incorrect and deprecated, please use '#{right_locale}'\n\n")
-      arg[:locale] = right_locale
-    end
     arg[:filepath]  ||= Pagy.root.join('locales', "#{arg[:locale]}.yml")
     arg[:pluralize] ||= p11n[arg[:locale]]
     hash = YAML.load(File.read(arg[:filepath], encoding: 'UTF-8')) #rubocop:disable Security/YAMLLoad