diff --git a/src/settings_gui.cpp b/src/settings_gui.cpp
index 75be0a9a7c..69e3d73728 100644
--- a/src/settings_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/settings_gui.cpp
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ struct GameOptionsWindow : Window {
 
 			case GOW_LANG_DROPDOWN: // Change interface language
 				ReadLanguagePack(&_languages[index]);
+				DeleteWindowByClass(WC_QUERY_STRING);
 				CheckForMissingGlyphsInLoadedLanguagePack();
 				UpdateAllVirtCoords();
 				ReInitAllWindows();