diff --git a/trunk/include.pl b/trunk/include.pl
index 3e492a4..6792a55 100644
--- a/trunk/include.pl
+++ b/trunk/include.pl
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ use lib qw(/var/www/yolanda);
 #set global config variable
 $config = XMLin("$root/config/backend.xml", KeyAttr => {string => 'id'}, ForceArray => [ 'string' ], ContentKey => '-content');
 $config = $config->{"strings"}->{"string"};
-#set global variables
 
 $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:".$config->{"database_name"}.":".$config->{"database_host"}, $config->{"database_username"}, $config->{"database_password"}) or die $DBI::errstr;
 1;
diff --git a/trunk/locale/languages.xml b/trunk/locale/languages.xml
index 8b9af7f..d650333 100644
--- a/trunk/locale/languages.xml
+++ b/trunk/locale/languages.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 <languages>
-  <lang>
-    <short></short>
-    <name lang="en">Undefined</name>
-  </lang>
   <lang>
     <short>aa</short>
     <name lang="en">Afar</name>
diff --git a/trunk/xsl/xhtml/upload.xsl b/trunk/xsl/xhtml/upload.xsl
index c151c06..9d95812 100644
--- a/trunk/xsl/xhtml/upload.xsl
+++ b/trunk/xsl/xhtml/upload.xsl
@@ -277,6 +277,13 @@
                         <!-- somehow one cannot access DC.Language from inside the for-each... -->
                         <xsl:variable name="language" select="//uploadform/@DC.Language" />
                         <select name="DC.Language" size="1">
+                            <option>
+                                <xsl:if test="not($language)">
+                                    <xsl:attribute name="selected">selected</xsl:attribute>
+                                </xsl:if>
+                                <xsl:attribute name="value"></xsl:attribute>
+                                Undefined
+                            </option>
                             <xsl:for-each select="$language_strings">
                                 <option>
                                     <xsl:variable name="short" select="short" />