diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/admin/settings/selectors.js b/frontend/src/metabase/admin/settings/selectors.js
index c0d227c864bfc8d62d7f7847f0dddd021caf16b1..4787ee4f531180577d6bbc49292908053dcb82ee 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/admin/settings/selectors.js
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/admin/settings/selectors.js
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ const SECTIONS = [
                 display_name: "Language",
                 type: "select",
                 options:  MetabaseSettings.get("available_locales").map(([value, name]) => ({ name, value })),
-                placeholder: "Select a language"
+                placeholder: "Select a language",
+                getHidden: () => MetabaseSettings.get("available_locales").length < 2
             },
             {
                 key: "anon-tracking-enabled",
diff --git a/resources/locales.clj b/resources/locales.clj
index 9d6d32c6f7d490b01522efc1df74ae5158e6d8ab..b1e6d2cdfaab288d9a955e26e2439744713bd77d 100644
--- a/resources/locales.clj
+++ b/resources/locales.clj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  :locales  #{"en" "de" }
+  :locales  #{"en"}
   :packages ["metabase"]
   :bundle   "metabase.Messages"
 }