diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 7b4b2c29..04209f77 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -15,22 +15,6 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
     I18n.locale = "en"
 
-    # if params[:hl].nil?
-    #   if current_user.present?
-    #     I18n.locale = current_user.locale
-    #   elsif not cookies[:lang].nil?
-    #     I18n.locale = cookies[:lang]
-    #   else
-    #     I18n.locale = 'en'
-    #   end
-    # else
-    #   I18n.locale = params[:hl]
-    #   if current_user.present?
-    #     current_user.locale = I18n.locale
-    #     current_user.save!
-    #   end
-    # end
-
     cookies[:lang] = I18n.locale
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/base.haml b/app/views/layouts/base.haml
index af97fb9f..b0e54017 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/base.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/base.haml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
       = render 'navigation/guest'
     = render 'shared/announcements'
     = yield
-    = render 'shared/locales'
     - if Rails.env.development?
       #debug
         %hr
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_locales.haml b/app/views/shared/_locales.haml
index ef0a6f39..302f9c08 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_locales.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_locales.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.container.d-print-none.d-none
+.container.d-print-none
   .locales
     %span
       %a{ href: '#', id: 'locale-switch' }