diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/titlecase.py b/src/calibre/utils/titlecase.py
index 12f3079a10..97daed23a9 100755
--- a/src/calibre/utils/titlecase.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/titlecase.py
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ SUBPHRASE = re.compile(r'([:.;?!][ ])(%s)' % SMALL)
 APOS_SECOND = re.compile(r"^[dol]{1}['‘]{1}[a-z]+$", re.I)
 ALL_CAPS = re.compile(r'^[A-Z\s%s]+$' % PUNCT)
 UC_INITIALS = re.compile(r"^(?:[A-Z]{1}\.{1}|[A-Z]{1}\.{1}[A-Z]{1})+$")
-MAC_MC = re.compile(r"^([Mm]a?c)(.+)")
-
 
 _lang = None
 
@@ -40,7 +38,6 @@ def lang():
         _lang = get_lang().lower()
     return _lang
 
-
 def titlecase(text):
 
     """
@@ -78,13 +75,6 @@ def titlecase(text):
             line.append(icu_lower(word))
             continue
 
-        if lang().startswith('en'):
-            match = MAC_MC.match(word)
-            if match and not match.group(2)[:3] in ('hin', 'ht'):
-                line.append("%s%s" % (capitalize(match.group(1)),
-                                      capitalize(match.group(2))))
-                continue
-
         hyphenated = []
         for item in word.split('-'):
             hyphenated.append(CAPFIRST.sub(lambda m: icu_upper(m.group(0)), item))