diff --git a/static/app-strings.json b/static/app-strings.json
index e2504f165..c0188fb87 100644
--- a/static/app-strings.json
+++ b/static/app-strings.json
@@ -1468,16 +1468,5 @@
   "Publish Something": "Publish Something",
   "Watch on lbry.tv": "Watch on lbry.tv",
   "Paid content cannot be embedded.": "Paid content cannot be embedded.",
-  "Hrvatski": "Hrvatski",
-  "Nederlands": "Nederlands",
-  "Français": "Français",
-  "Deutsch": "Deutsch",
-  "Italiano": "Italiano",
-  "Polski": "Polski",
-  "Português": "Português",
-  "Русский": "Русский",
-  "Español": "Español",
-  "Türkçe": "Türkçe",
-  "Česky": "Česky",
   "--end--": "--end--"
 }
diff --git a/ui/component/channelAbout/view.jsx b/ui/component/channelAbout/view.jsx
index 668d5e5e6..1f87b8788 100644
--- a/ui/component/channelAbout/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/channelAbout/view.jsx
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function ChannelAbout(props: Props) {
             {/* this could use some nice 'tags' styling */}
             {languages && languages.length
               ? languages.reduce((acc, lang, i) => {
-                  return acc + `${__(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES[lang])}` + ' ';
+                  return acc + `${SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES[lang]}` + ' ';
                 }, '')
               : null}
           </div>
diff --git a/ui/component/claimListHeader/view.jsx b/ui/component/claimListHeader/view.jsx
index ee7d86fe9..5cc87bddf 100644
--- a/ui/component/claimListHeader/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/claimListHeader/view.jsx
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ function ClaimListHeader(props: Props) {
                     {Object.entries(SEARCHABLE_LANGUAGES).map(([code, label]) => {
                       return (
                         <option key={code} value={code}>
-                          {__(String(label))}
+                          {String(label)}
                         </option>
                       );
                     })}