diff --git a/front/src/store/auth.js b/front/src/store/auth.js
index fc44883cd..9aa3d70a5 100644
--- a/front/src/store/auth.js
+++ b/front/src/store/auth.js
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ export default {
       return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         axios.get('users/me/').then((response) => {
           logger.default.info('Successfully fetched user profile')
-          dispatch('ui/initSettings', response.data.settings, { root: true })
           dispatch('updateProfile', response.data)
           dispatch('ui/fetchUnreadNotifications', null, { root: true })
           if (response.data.permissions.library) {
diff --git a/front/src/store/ui.js b/front/src/store/ui.js
index 3adff8b85..738082075 100644
--- a/front/src/store/ui.js
+++ b/front/src/store/ui.js
@@ -346,12 +346,6 @@ export default {
       }
     },
 
-    async initSettings ({ commit }, settings) {
-      settings = settings || {}
-      if (settings.language) {
-        commit('currentLanguage', settings.language)
-      }
-    },
     websocketEvent ({ state }, event) {
       const handlers = state.websocketEventsHandlers[event.type]
       console.log('Dispatching websocket event', event, handlers)
diff --git a/front/tests/unit/specs/store/auth.spec.js b/front/tests/unit/specs/store/auth.spec.js
index f2f188cd2..3a23aac3b 100644
--- a/front/tests/unit/specs/store/auth.spec.js
+++ b/front/tests/unit/specs/store/auth.spec.js
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ describe('store/auth', () => {
           { type: 'permission', payload: {key: 'admin', status: true} }
         ],
         expectedActions: [
-          { type: 'ui/initSettings', payload: { root: true } },
           { type: 'updateProfile', payload: profile },
           { type: 'ui/fetchUnreadNotifications', payload: null },
           { type: 'favorites/fetch', payload: null, options: {root: true} },