diff --git a/recipes/eos_wetenschap.recipe b/recipes/eos_wetenschap.recipe
index e32686ac9c..adc302f41f 100644
--- a/recipes/eos_wetenschap.recipe
+++ b/recipes/eos_wetenschap.recipe
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class EOSWetenschap(BasicNewsRecipe):
     __author__ = u'erkfuizfeuadjfjzefzfuzeff'
     description = u'Wetenschapsnieuws'
     oldest_article = 7
-    language = 'nl_NL'
+    language = 'nl'
 
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
     no_stylesheets = True
diff --git a/recipes/nos_nl.recipe b/recipes/nos_nl.recipe
index 584777c39e..4a4f377b77 100644
--- a/recipes/nos_nl.recipe
+++ b/recipes/nos_nl.recipe
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class nosnl(BasicNewsRecipe):
     __author__ = u'erkfuizfeuadjfjzefzfuzeff'
     description = u'News from the Netherlands in Dutch'
     oldest_article = 7
-    language = 'nl_NL'
+    language = 'nl'
 
     max_articles_per_feed = 100
     no_stylesheets = True