diff --git a/enterprise/app/services/enterprise/billing/create_stripe_customer_service.rb b/enterprise/app/services/enterprise/billing/create_stripe_customer_service.rb
index 972f0bc12..e20791026 100644
--- a/enterprise/app/services/enterprise/billing/create_stripe_customer_service.rb
+++ b/enterprise/app/services/enterprise/billing/create_stripe_customer_service.rb
@@ -23,20 +23,22 @@ class Enterprise::Billing::CreateStripeCustomerService
 
   def prepare_customer_id
     customer_id = account.custom_attributes['stripe_customer_id']
-    if customer_id.blank?
-      customer = Stripe::Customer.create(
-        {
-          name: account.name,
-          email: billing_email,
-          address: { country: Enterprise::Billing::Currencies.country_for(account.billing_currency) },
-          preferred_locales: [Enterprise::Billing::Currencies.preferred_locale_for(account.billing_currency)]
-        }
-      )
-      customer_id = customer.id
-    end
+    customer_id = Stripe::Customer.create(customer_params).id if customer_id.blank?
     customer_id
   end
 
+  # Only currencies that need a country override (e.g. BRL/PIX) set address/locale; usd keeps Stripe defaults.
+  def customer_params
+    params = { name: account.name, email: billing_email }
+    country = Enterprise::Billing::Currencies.country_for(account.billing_currency)
+    return params if country.blank?
+
+    params.merge(
+      address: { country: country },
+      preferred_locales: [Enterprise::Billing::Currencies.preferred_locale_for(account.billing_currency)]
+    )
+  end
+
   def default_quantity
     default_plan['default_quantity'] || DEFAULT_QUANTITY
   end
diff --git a/enterprise/app/services/enterprise/billing/currencies.rb b/enterprise/app/services/enterprise/billing/currencies.rb
index c19892cd2..50d60122e 100644
--- a/enterprise/app/services/enterprise/billing/currencies.rb
+++ b/enterprise/app/services/enterprise/billing/currencies.rb
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ module Enterprise::Billing::Currencies
     'pt_BR' => 'brl'
   }.freeze
 
+  # Billing country override per currency; absent currencies (e.g. usd) keep Stripe's default.
   COUNTRY_BY_CURRENCY = {
-    'usd' => 'US',
     'brl' => 'BR'
   }.freeze
 
+  # Preferred Stripe/checkout locale per currency; absent currencies keep Stripe's default.
   PREFERRED_LOCALE_BY_CURRENCY = {
-    'usd' => 'en',
     'brl' => 'pt-BR'
   }.freeze
 
diff --git a/spec/enterprise/services/enterprise/billing/create_stripe_customer_service_spec.rb b/spec/enterprise/services/enterprise/billing/create_stripe_customer_service_spec.rb
index 825e20819..b25ddbb33 100644
--- a/spec/enterprise/services/enterprise/billing/create_stripe_customer_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/enterprise/services/enterprise/billing/create_stripe_customer_service_spec.rb
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ describe Enterprise::Billing::CreateStripeCustomerService do
       create_stripe_customer_service.new(account: account).perform
 
       expect(Stripe::Customer).to have_received(:create).with(
-        { name: account.name, email: admin1.email, address: { country: 'US' }, preferred_locales: ['en'] }
+        { name: account.name, email: admin1.email }
       )
       expect(Stripe::Subscription)
         .to have_received(:create)
@@ -116,6 +116,20 @@ describe Enterprise::Billing::CreateStripeCustomerService do
         }.with_indifferent_access
       )
     end
+
+    it 'sets the billing country override when the account currency requires it' do
+      account.update!(custom_attributes: { billing_currency: 'brl' })
+      customer = double
+      allow(Stripe::Customer).to receive(:create).and_return(customer)
+      allow(customer).to receive(:id).and_return('cus_random_number')
+      allow(Stripe::Subscription).to receive(:create).and_return(created_subscription)
+
+      create_stripe_customer_service.new(account: account).perform
+
+      expect(Stripe::Customer).to have_received(:create).with(
+        { name: account.name, email: admin1.email, address: { country: 'BR' }, preferred_locales: ['pt-BR'] }
+      )
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'when checking for existing subscriptions' do
diff --git a/spec/enterprise/services/enterprise/billing/currencies_spec.rb b/spec/enterprise/services/enterprise/billing/currencies_spec.rb
index f1c048b90..84172137e 100644
--- a/spec/enterprise/services/enterprise/billing/currencies_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/enterprise/services/enterprise/billing/currencies_spec.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ describe Enterprise::Billing::Currencies do
 
     it 'falls back to the usd default for unsupported input' do
       expect(described_class.to_supported('eur')).to eq('usd')
-      expect(described_class.country_for('eur')).to eq('US')
+    end
+
+    it 'does not set a country override for usd customers' do
+      expect(described_class.country_for('usd')).to be_nil
+      expect(described_class.preferred_locale_for('usd')).to be_nil
     end
   end
 end