diff --git a/lib/ui/window.dart b/lib/ui/window.dart
index fff5eb46206bc..57b40bf1cdffa 100644
--- a/lib/ui/window.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/window.dart
@@ -169,8 +169,7 @@ class Locale {
     this._countryCode,
   ]) : assert(_languageCode != null),
        assert(_languageCode != ''),
-       scriptCode = null,
-       assert(_countryCode != '');
+       scriptCode = null;
 
   /// Creates a new Locale object.
   ///
diff --git a/testing/dart/locale_test.dart b/testing/dart/locale_test.dart
index 4613a707510c4..66fd537a72444 100644
--- a/testing/dart/locale_test.dart
+++ b/testing/dart/locale_test.dart
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ void main() {
     expect(const Locale('en').toString(), 'en');
     expect(const Locale('en'), new Locale('en', $null));
     expect(const Locale('en').hashCode, new Locale('en', $null).hashCode);
+    expect(const Locale('en'), isNot(new Locale('en', '')));
+    expect(const Locale('en').hashCode, isNot(new Locale('en', '').hashCode));
     expect(const Locale('en', 'US').toString(), 'en_US');
     expect(const Locale('iw').toString(), 'he');
     expect(const Locale('iw', 'DD').toString(), 'he_DE');