diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c b/src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c
index adad2942..318ba1f0 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c
@@ -1405,9 +1405,7 @@ Translator *SelectTranslator(const char *name)
 			tr->langopts.numbers =  NUM_OMIT_1_THOUSAND;
 			tr->langopts.numbers2 = NUM2_ORDINAL_AND_THOUSANDS;
 			tr->langopts.param[LOPT_WORD_MERGE] = 1; // don't break vowels betwen words
-		} else if (name2 == L('m', 'r'))
-			tr->letter_bits_offset = OFFSET_DEVANAGARI;
-		else if (name2 == L('m', 'l')) {
+		} else if (name2 == L('m', 'l')) {
 			static const short stress_lengths_ml[8] = { 180, 160,  240, 240,  0, 0,  260, 260 };
 			SetupTranslator(tr, stress_lengths_ml, stress_amps_equal);
 			tr->letter_bits_offset = OFFSET_MALAYALAM;