diff --git a/frontend/app/init-app.js b/frontend/app/init-app.js
index 7a9af042f7..81ef1d28c3 100644
--- a/frontend/app/init-app.js
+++ b/frontend/app/init-app.js
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ require('jquery-ui/themes/base/datepicker.css');
 require('jquery-ui/themes/base/dialog.css');
 require('nouislider/distribute/nouislider.min.css');
 
+// load I18n, depending on the html element having a 'lang' attribute
+var documentLang = (angular.element('html').attr('lang') || 'en').toLowerCase();
+require('angular-i18n/angular-locale_' + documentLang + '.js');
+
 var opApp = require('./angular-modules.ts').default;
 
 window.appBasePath = jQuery('meta[name=app_base_path]').attr('content') || '';
diff --git a/frontend/app/vendors.js b/frontend/app/vendors.js
index a2c5fd0533..4f05c87b6f 100644
--- a/frontend/app/vendors.js
+++ b/frontend/app/vendors.js
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ require('angular-truncate/src/truncate.js');
 require('angular-ui-router/release/angular-ui-router.min.js');
 require('ng-file-upload/dist/ng-file-upload.min.js');
 
-// depends on the html element having a 'lang' attribute
-var documentLang = (angular.element('html').attr('lang') || 'en').toLowerCase();
-require('angular-i18n/angular-locale_' + documentLang + '.js');
-
 // Jquery UI
 require('jquery-ui/ui/core.js');
 require('jquery-ui/ui/position.js');
diff --git a/frontend/webpack-main-config.js b/frontend/webpack-main-config.js
index e96ebaea81..7d0be08113 100644
--- a/frontend/webpack-main-config.js
+++ b/frontend/webpack-main-config.js
@@ -256,7 +256,10 @@ function getWebpackMainConfig() {
       new webpack.ContextReplacementPlugin(
         /(angular-i18n)/,
         new RegExp('angular-locale_(' + localeIds.join('|') + ')\.js$', 'i')
-      )
+      ),
+
+      // Restrict loaded moment locales to the ones we load from translations
+      new webpack.ContextReplacementPlugin(/moment[\/\\]locale$/, new RegExp('(' + localeIds.join('|') + ')\.js$', 'i'))
     ]
   };
 
diff --git a/frontend/webpack-vendors-config.js b/frontend/webpack-vendors-config.js
index 12cfe63ac9..48520e313f 100644
--- a/frontend/webpack-vendors-config.js
+++ b/frontend/webpack-vendors-config.js
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ var webpack = require('webpack');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var _ = require('lodash');
-var pathConfig = require('./rails-plugins.conf');
 var autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer');
 
 var ExtractTextPlugin = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');
@@ -43,16 +42,6 @@ var node_root = path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules');
 var output_root = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'app', 'assets', 'javascripts');
 var bundle_output = path.resolve(output_root, 'bundles')
 
-/** Extract available locales from openproject-translations plugin */
-var translations = path.resolve(pathConfig.allPluginNamesPaths['openproject-translations'], 'config', 'locales');
-var localeIds = ['en'];
-fs.readdirSync(translations).forEach(function (file) {
-  var matches = file.match( /^js-(.+)\.yml$/);
-  if (matches && matches.length > 1) {
-    localeIds.push(matches[1]);
-  }
-});
-
 function getWebpackVendorsConfig() {
   config = {
     entry: {
@@ -84,16 +73,7 @@ function getWebpackVendorsConfig() {
       new CleanWebpackPlugin(['bundles'], {
         root: output_root,
         verbose: true
-      }),
-
-      // Restrict loaded ngLocale locales to the ones we load from translations
-      new webpack.ContextReplacementPlugin(
-        /angular\-i18n/,
-        new RegExp('angular\-locale\_(' + localeIds.join('|') + ')\.js$', 'i')
-      ),
-
-      // Restrict loaded moment locales to the ones we load from translations
-      new webpack.ContextReplacementPlugin(/moment[\/\\]locale$/, new RegExp('(' + localeIds.join('|') + ')\.js$', 'i'))
+      })
     ]
   };