diff --git a/lib/ui/window.dart b/lib/ui/window.dart
index 2c4f283214643d8cd31fd1af4087b0b41f4b7861..28f91372460f20ec13c7405b110cffb8edbbde4b 100644
--- a/lib/ui/window.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/window.dart
@@ -150,10 +150,7 @@ class Locale {
   /// Registry](https://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry/language-subtag-registry).
   /// Typically this means the primary language subtag should be lowercase and
   /// the region subtag should be uppercase.
-  const Locale(this._languageCode, [ this._countryCode ]) : assert(_languageCode != null);
-
-  /// Empty locale constant. This is an invalid locale.
-  static const Locale none = const Locale('', '');
+  const Locale(this._languageCode, [ this._countryCode ]) : assert(_languageCode != null), assert(_languageCode != '');
 
   /// The primary language subtag for the locale.
   ///
@@ -443,7 +440,7 @@ class Window {
     if (_locales != null && _locales.isNotEmpty) {
       return _locales.first;
     }
-    return Locale.none;
+    return null;
   }
 
   /// The full system-reported supported locales of the device.