diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
index 6aeebfe2e6..7a88f45622 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
@@ -150,17 +150,14 @@ def logout_user(request):
 @login_required
 @ensure_csrf_cookie
 def change_setting(request):
-    ''' JSON call to change a profile setting: Right now, location and language
+    ''' JSON call to change a profile setting: Right now, location
     '''
     up = UserProfile.objects.get(user=request.user) #request.user.profile_cache
     if 'location' in request.POST:
         up.location=request.POST['location']
-    if 'language' in request.POST:
-        up.language=request.POST['language']
     up.save()
 
     return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'success':True,
-                                    'language':up.language,
                                     'location':up.location,}))
 
 @ensure_csrf_cookie
@@ -171,7 +168,7 @@ def create_account(request, post_override=None):
     post_vars = post_override if post_override else request.POST
 
     # Confirm we have a properly formed request
-    for a in ['username', 'email', 'password', 'language', 'name']:
+    for a in ['username', 'email', 'password', 'name']:
         if a not in post_vars:
             js['value'] = "Error (401 {field}). E-mail us.".format(field=a)
             return HttpResponse(json.dumps(js))
@@ -238,7 +235,6 @@ def create_account(request, post_override=None):
 
     up = UserProfile(user=u)
     up.name = post_vars['name']
-    up.language = post_vars['language']
     up.country = post_vars['country']
     up.gender = post_vars['gender']
     up.mailing_address = post_vars['mailing_address']
@@ -288,7 +284,6 @@ def create_random_account(create_account_function):
                             'email' : id_generator(size=10, chars=string.ascii_lowercase) + "_dummy_test@mitx.mit.edu",
                             'password' : id_generator(),
                             'location' : id_generator(size=5, chars=string.ascii_uppercase),
-                            'language' : id_generator(size=5, chars=string.ascii_uppercase) + "ish",
                             'name' : id_generator(size=5, chars=string.ascii_lowercase) + " " + id_generator(size=7, chars=string.ascii_lowercase),
                             'honor_code' : u'true',
                             'terms_of_service' : u'true',}
diff --git a/lms/templates/dashboard.html b/lms/templates/dashboard.html
index 48579d7117..62f02f783b 100644
--- a/lms/templates/dashboard.html
+++ b/lms/templates/dashboard.html
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
           <li>
             <span class="title"><div class="icon location-icon"></div>Location</span><span class="data">${ user.profile.location }</span>
           </li>
-          <li>
-            <span class="title"><div class="icon language-icon"></div>Language</span><span class="data">${ user.profile.language }</span>
-          </li>
         </ul>
       </section>
     </header>
diff --git a/lms/templates/profile.html b/lms/templates/profile.html
index 6caaea7b5b..d355ffd07e 100644
--- a/lms/templates/profile.html
+++ b/lms/templates/profile.html
@@ -49,26 +49,6 @@ $(function() {
          }
       });
 
-      $("#change_language").click(function() {
-         $(this).hide();
-         log_event("profile", {"type":"language_show", "old":$("#language_sub").text()});
-
-         if(lang) {
-           lang=false;
-           $("#language_sub").html('<form>'+'<input id="id_lang_text" type="text" name="lang_text" />'+
-             '<input type="submit" id="change_lang_button" value="Save" />'+'</form>');
-           $("#change_lang_button").click(function() {
-             $("#change_language").show();
-              postJSON('/change_setting', {'language':$("#id_lang_text").attr("value")}, function(json) {
-                $("#language_sub").text(json.language);
-                lang=true;
-                $("#description").html("");
-               log_event("profile", {"type":"language_change", "new":json.language});
-              });
-           });
-         }
-      });
-
       $('#change_password').click(function(){
         $('.modal').trigger('click');
         log_event("profile", {"type":"password_show"});
@@ -206,9 +186,6 @@ $(function() {
         <li>
           Location: <div id="location_sub">${location}</div><div id="description"></div> <a href="#" id="change_location" aria-label="Edit Location">Edit</a>
         </li>
-        <li>
-          Language: <div id="language_sub">${language}</div> <a href="#" id="change_language" aria-label="Edit Language">Edit</a>
-        </li>
         <li>
           Password reset
           <input id="id_email" type="hidden" name="email" maxlength="75" value="${email}" />