diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6411cb3e4..51ccb5214 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
     "feed": "^4.2.2",
     "if-env": "^1.0.4",
     "react-datetime-picker": "^3.2.1",
-    "react-helmet": "^6.1.0",
     "react-top-loading-bar": "^2.0.1",
     "remove-markdown": "^0.3.0",
     "source-map-explorer": "^2.5.2",
diff --git a/ui/component/app/view.jsx b/ui/component/app/view.jsx
index dd4edbb36..d260fd053 100644
--- a/ui/component/app/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/app/view.jsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState, useLayoutEffect } from 'react';
 import { lazyImport } from 'util/lazyImport';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import analytics from 'analytics';
-import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet';
 import { buildURI, parseURI } from 'lbry-redux';
 import { SIMPLE_SITE } from 'config';
 import Router from 'component/router/index';
@@ -284,6 +283,11 @@ function App(props: Props) {
     }
   }, [hasMyChannels, hasNoChannels, hasActiveChannelClaim, setActiveChannelIfNotSet, setIncognito]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // $FlowFixMe
+    document.documentElement.setAttribute('lang', language);
+  }, [language]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!languages.includes(language)) {
       setLanguage(language);
@@ -416,9 +420,6 @@ function App(props: Props) {
       ref={appRef}
       onContextMenu={IS_WEB ? undefined : (e) => openContextMenu(e)}
     >
-      {/* Define main language */}
-      <Helmet htmlAttributes={{ lang: language }} />
-
       {IS_WEB && lbryTvApiStatus === STATUS_DOWN ? (
         <React.Suspense fallback={null}>
           <Yrbl
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1a7337cf6..a82bd404e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9722,11 +9722,6 @@ react-draggable@^3.3.0:
     classnames "^2.2.5"
     prop-types "^15.6.0"
 
-react-fast-compare@^3.1.1:
-  version "3.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-fast-compare/-/react-fast-compare-3.2.0.tgz#641a9da81b6a6320f270e89724fb45a0b39e43bb"
-  integrity sha512-rtGImPZ0YyLrscKI9xTpV8psd6I8VAtjKCzQDlzyDvqJA8XOW78TXYQwNRNd8g8JZnDu8q9Fu/1v4HPAVwVdHA==
-
 react-fit@^1.0.3:
   version "1.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-fit/-/react-fit-1.3.1.tgz#850cb5d554fdfa4b27891f62a9d290d3e7eda57b"
@@ -9742,16 +9737,6 @@ react-google-recaptcha@^2.0.1:
     prop-types "^15.5.0"
     react-async-script "^1.1.1"
 
-react-helmet@^6.1.0:
-  version "6.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-helmet/-/react-helmet-6.1.0.tgz#a750d5165cb13cf213e44747502652e794468726"
-  integrity sha512-4uMzEY9nlDlgxr61NL3XbKRy1hEkXmKNXhjbAIOVw5vcFrsdYbH2FEwcNyWvWinl103nXgzYNlns9ca+8kFiWw==
-  dependencies:
-    object-assign "^4.1.1"
-    prop-types "^15.7.2"
-    react-fast-compare "^3.1.1"
-    react-side-effect "^2.1.0"
-
 react-hot-loader@^4.11.1:
   version "4.12.19"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-hot-loader/-/react-hot-loader-4.12.19.tgz#99a1c763352828f404fa51cd887c5e16bb5b74d1"
@@ -9832,11 +9817,6 @@ react-router@5.1.2, react-router@^5.1.0:
     tiny-invariant "^1.0.2"
     tiny-warning "^1.0.0"
 
-react-side-effect@^2.1.0:
-  version "2.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-side-effect/-/react-side-effect-2.1.1.tgz#66c5701c3e7560ab4822a4ee2742dee215d72eb3"
-  integrity sha512-2FoTQzRNTncBVtnzxFOk2mCpcfxQpenBMbk5kSVBg5UcPqV9fRbgY2zhb7GTWWOlpFmAxhClBDlIq8Rsubz1yQ==
-
 react-simplemde-editor@^4.1.3:
   version "4.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-simplemde-editor/-/react-simplemde-editor-4.1.3.tgz#e3f5eba988817035c5aa1cae8f1a9d5dfec6081a"
@@ -9873,8 +9853,9 @@ react-top-loading-bar@^2.0.1:
   integrity sha512-wkRlK9Rte4TU817GDcjlsCoDOxrrnvsNvK609FKyio0EIrmmqjQDz5DB8HbN88CHNZBy5Lh/OBALc03ioWFPuQ==
 
 react@^16.8.2:
-  version "16.13.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-16.13.0.tgz#d046eabcdf64e457bbeed1e792e235e1b9934cf7"
+  version "16.14.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-16.14.0.tgz#94d776ddd0aaa37da3eda8fc5b6b18a4c9a3114d"
+  integrity sha512-0X2CImDkJGApiAlcf0ODKIneSwBPhqJawOa5wCtKbu7ZECrmS26NvtSILynQ66cgkT/RJ4LidJOc3bUESwmU8g==
   dependencies:
     loose-envify "^1.1.0"
     object-assign "^4.1.1"