diff --git a/lemmy-translations b/lemmy-translations
index 007e5368..a1fff8b4 160000
--- a/lemmy-translations
+++ b/lemmy-translations
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 007e53683768aeba63e9e4c179c1d240217bcee2
+Subproject commit a1fff8b481f4b02327e4ee04088606af627628f2
diff --git a/src/shared/components/comment/comment-form.tsx b/src/shared/components/comment/comment-form.tsx
index c7285193..74d17bff 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/comment/comment-form.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/comment/comment-form.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import { UserService, WebSocketService } from "../../services";
 import {
   capitalizeFirstLetter,
   myAuth,
-  myFirstDiscussionLanguageId,
   wsClient,
   wsSubscribe,
 } from "../../utils";
@@ -77,21 +76,11 @@ export class CommentForm extends Component<CommentFormProps, CommentFormState> {
           : undefined
         : undefined;
 
-    let selectedLang =
-      typeof this.props.node !== "number"
-        ? this.props.node.comment_view.comment.language_id
-        : myFirstDiscussionLanguageId(
-            this.props.allLanguages,
-            this.props.siteLanguages,
-            UserService.Instance.myUserInfo
-          );
-
     return (
       <div className="mb-3">
         {UserService.Instance.myUserInfo ? (
           <MarkdownTextArea
             initialContent={initialContent}
-            initialLanguageId={selectedLang}
             showLanguage
             buttonTitle={this.state.buttonTitle}
             finished={this.state.finished}
diff --git a/src/shared/components/common/language-select.tsx b/src/shared/components/common/language-select.tsx
index feada32a..a63c4db3 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/common/language-select.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/common/language-select.tsx
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ export class LanguageSelect extends Component<LanguageSelectProps, any> {
         multiple={this.props.multiple}
         disabled={this.props.disabled}
       >
+        {!this.props.multiple && (
+          <option selected disabled hidden>
+            {i18n.t("language_select_placeholder")}
+          </option>
+        )}
         {filteredLangs.map(l => (
           <option
             key={l.id}
diff --git a/src/shared/components/post/post-form.tsx b/src/shared/components/post/post-form.tsx
index 355a6ed4..e7edf22c 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/post/post-form.tsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/post/post-form.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import {
   ghostArchiveUrl,
   isImage,
   myAuth,
-  myFirstDiscussionLanguageId,
   pictrsDeleteToast,
   relTags,
   setupTippy,
@@ -187,13 +186,7 @@ export class PostForm extends Component<PostFormProps, PostFormState> {
   }
 
   render() {
-    let firstLang =
-      this.state.form.language_id ??
-      myFirstDiscussionLanguageId(
-        this.props.allLanguages,
-        this.props.siteLanguages,
-        UserService.Instance.myUserInfo
-      );
+    let firstLang = this.state.form.language_id;
     let selectedLangs = firstLang ? Array.of(firstLang) : undefined;
 
     let url = this.state.form.url;
diff --git a/src/shared/utils.ts b/src/shared/utils.ts
index ec6d92d1..4e5f74b4 100644
--- a/src/shared/utils.ts
+++ b/src/shared/utils.ts
@@ -1453,20 +1453,6 @@ export function postToCommentSortType(sort: SortType): CommentSortType {
   }
 }
 
-export function myFirstDiscussionLanguageId(
-  allLanguages: Language[],
-  siteLanguages: number[],
-  myUserInfo = UserService.Instance.myUserInfo
-): number | undefined {
-  return selectableLanguages(
-    allLanguages,
-    siteLanguages,
-    false,
-    false,
-    myUserInfo
-  ).at(0)?.id;
-}
-
 export function canCreateCommunity(
   siteRes: GetSiteResponse,
   myUserInfo = UserService.Instance.myUserInfo