diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/base-server.ts b/packages/next/src/server/base-server.ts
index 7c88f4e7620dec..b0b71b119cf6bd 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/base-server.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/base-server.ts
@@ -1017,6 +1017,14 @@ export default abstract class Server<
       req.headers['x-forwarded-proto'] ??= isHttps ? 'https' : 'http'
       req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] ??= originalRequest?.socket?.remoteAddress
 
+      // Validate that if i18n isn't configured or the passed parameters are not
+      // valid it should be removed from the query.
+      if (!this.i18nProvider?.validateQuery(parsedUrl.query)) {
+        delete parsedUrl.query.__nextLocale
+        delete parsedUrl.query.__nextDefaultLocale
+        delete parsedUrl.query.__nextInferredLocaleFromDefault
+      }
+
       // This should be done before any normalization of the pathname happens as
       // it captures the initial URL.
       this.attachRequestMeta(req, parsedUrl)
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/lib/i18n-provider.ts b/packages/next/src/server/lib/i18n-provider.ts
index efdbe4ac12dd4c..0a1e7c75031677 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/lib/i18n-provider.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/lib/i18n-provider.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,37 @@ export class I18NProvider {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Validates that the locale is valid.
+   *
+   * @param locale The locale to validate.
+   * @returns `true` if the locale is valid, `false` otherwise.
+   */
+  private validate(locale: string): boolean {
+    return this.lowerCaseLocales.includes(locale.toLowerCase())
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Validates that the locales in the query object are valid.
+   *
+   * @param query The query object to validate.
+   * @returns `true` if the locale is valid, `false` otherwise.
+   */
+  public validateQuery(query: NextParsedUrlQuery) {
+    if (query.__nextLocale && !this.validate(query.__nextLocale)) {
+      return false
+    }
+
+    if (
+      query.__nextDefaultLocale &&
+      !this.validate(query.__nextDefaultLocale)
+    ) {
+      return false
+    }
+
+    return true
+  }
+
   /**
    * Analyzes the pathname for a locale and returns the pathname without it.
    *
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/lib/router-utils/resolve-routes.ts b/packages/next/src/server/lib/router-utils/resolve-routes.ts
index f12a3d2bc3c1e6..95ed26105a0be7 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/lib/router-utils/resolve-routes.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/lib/router-utils/resolve-routes.ts
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ export function getResolveRoutes(
           parsedUrl.pathname = maybeAddTrailingSlash(parsedUrl.pathname)
         }
       }
+    } else {
+      // As i18n isn't configured we remove the locale related query params.
+      delete parsedUrl.query.__nextLocale
+      delete parsedUrl.query.__nextDefaultLocale
+      delete parsedUrl.query.__nextInferredLocaleFromDefault
     }
 
     const checkLocaleApi = (pathname: string) => {