diff --git a/demo-shell/src/app/app.component.ts b/demo-shell/src/app/app.component.ts
index e268bad09c..d97ecb34b8 100644
--- a/demo-shell/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/demo-shell/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 import { Component, ViewEncapsulation, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
-import { AuthenticationService, AlfrescoApiService, PageTitleService, TranslationService } from '@alfresco/adf-core';
+import { AuthenticationService, AlfrescoApiService, PageTitleService } from '@alfresco/adf-core';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 
 @Component({
@@ -30,17 +30,10 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
     constructor(private pageTitleService: PageTitleService,
                 private alfrescoApiService: AlfrescoApiService,
                 private authenticationService: AuthenticationService,
-                private translationService: TranslationService,
                 private router: Router) {
     }
 
     ngOnInit() {
-
-        // workaround for https://github.com/ngx-translate/core/issues/575
-        this.translationService.translate.getTranslation('en').subscribe(() => {
-            this.translationService.translate.setDefaultLang('en');
-        });
-
         this.pageTitleService.setTitle('title');
 
         this.alfrescoApiService.getInstance().on('error', (error) => {