diff --git a/frontend/app/openproject-backlogs-app.js b/frontend/app/openproject-backlogs-app.js
index 63b7282369..b1d303e866 100644
--- a/frontend/app/openproject-backlogs-app.js
+++ b/frontend/app/openproject-backlogs-app.js
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@
 // See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
 //++
 
-// load all js locales
-var LoadLocales = require('app/plugins/load-locales.module').LoadLocales;
-var localeFiles = require.context('../../config/locales', false, /js-[\w|-]{2,5}\.yml$/);
-
-LoadLocales.files(localeFiles);
-
 // main app
 var openprojectBacklogsApp = angular.module('openproject');