diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/tests/views.py b/django/contrib/auth/tests/views.py
index 34c4163265..653c5b02dc 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/tests/views.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/tests/views.py
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ class AuthViewsTestCase(TestCase):
     urls = 'django.contrib.auth.urls'
 
     def setUp(self):
+        self.old_LANGUAGES = settings.LANGUAGES
+        self.old_LANGUAGE_CODE = settings.LANGUAGE_CODE
+        settings.LANGUAGES = (('en', 'English'),)
+        settings.LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en'
         self.old_TEMPLATE_DIRS = settings.TEMPLATE_DIRS
         settings.TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
             os.path.join(
@@ -24,10 +28,22 @@ class AuthViewsTestCase(TestCase):
         ,)
 
     def tearDown(self):
+        settings.LANGUAGES = self.old_LANGUAGES
+        settings.LANGUAGE_CODE = self.old_LANGUAGE_CODE
         settings.TEMPLATE_DIRS = self.old_TEMPLATE_DIRS
 
 class PasswordResetTest(AuthViewsTestCase):
 
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.old_LANGUAGES = settings.LANGUAGES
+        self.old_LANGUAGE_CODE = settings.LANGUAGE_CODE
+        settings.LANGUAGES = (('en', 'English'),)
+        settings.LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en'
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        settings.LANGUAGES = self.old_LANGUAGES
+        settings.LANGUAGE_CODE = self.old_LANGUAGE_CODE
+
     def test_email_not_found(self):
         "Error is raised if the provided email address isn't currently registered"
         response = self.client.get('/password_reset/')
@@ -221,4 +237,4 @@ class LogoutTest(AuthViewsTestCase):
         response = self.client.get('/logout/custom_query/?follow=/somewhere/')
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
         self.assert_(response['Location'].endswith('/somewhere/'))
-        self.confirm_logged_out()
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+        self.confirm_logged_out()