diff --git a/api/src/Html/CkEditorConfig.php b/api/src/Html/CkEditorConfig.php
index c7faa51945..679049f8bd 100644
--- a/api/src/Html/CkEditorConfig.php
+++ b/api/src/Html/CkEditorConfig.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class CkEditorConfig
 			}
 		}
 		uasort($skins, 'strcasecmp');
-		
+
 		// flat skin is reserved for mobile template, although we are not
 		// supporting it on desktop (becuase FF has problem with action icons)
 		if (!\EGroupware\Api\Header\UserAgent::mobile()) unset($skins['flat']);
@@ -127,9 +127,7 @@ class CkEditorConfig
 	private static function read_lang_country()
 	{
 		//use the lang and country information to construct a possible lang info for CKEditor UI and scayt_slang
-		self::$lang = ($GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['common']['spellchecker_lang'] ?
-			$GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['common']['spellchecker_lang']:
-			$GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['common']['lang']);
+		self::$lang = $GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['common']['lang'];
 
 		self::$country = $GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['common']['country'];
 
diff --git a/preferences/inc/class.preferences_hooks.inc.php b/preferences/inc/class.preferences_hooks.inc.php
index 6ccc3e2b34..4289066f5a 100644
--- a/preferences/inc/class.preferences_hooks.inc.php
+++ b/preferences/inc/class.preferences_hooks.inc.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class preferences_hooks
 		list(,$country) = explode('-',$lang);
 		if (empty($country) && class_exists('Locale')) $country = Locale::getRegion(Locale::getDefault());
 		if (empty($country)) $country = 'de';
-		
+
 		// check for old rte_font_size pref including px and split it in size and unit
 		if (!isset($GLOBALS['egw_setup']) &&
 			substr($GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['common']['rte_font_size'], -2) == 'px')
@@ -375,16 +375,6 @@ class preferences_hooks
 				'admin'  => false,
 				'default' => '10'
 			),
-			'spellchecker_lang' => array(
-				'type'   => 'select',
-				'label'  => 'Spellchecker language',
-				'name'   => 'spellchecker_lang',
-				'values' => $langs,
-				'help'   => 'Select the language of the spellchecker integrated into the rich text editor.',
-				'xmlrpc' => True,
-				'admin'  => False,
-				'default'=> $lang,
-			),
 			'rte_enter_mode' => array(
 				'type'   => 'select',
 				'label'  => 'Rich text editor enter mode',