diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_content.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_content.jsx
index d3bbc1ba02..f4ae93f80d 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_content.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status_content.jsx
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class StatusContent extends PureComponent {
     const renderReadMore = this.props.onClick && status.get('collapsed');
     const contentLocale = intl.locale.replace(/[_-].*/, '');
     const targetLanguages = this.props.languages?.get(status.get('language') || 'und');
-    const renderTranslate = this.props.onTranslate && this.context.identity.signedIn && ['public', 'unlisted'].includes(status.get('visibility')) && status.get('search_index').trim().length > 0 && targetLanguages?.includes(contentLocale);
+    const renderTranslate = this.props.onTranslate && this.context.identity.signedIn && ['public', 'unlisted'].includes(status.get('visibility')) && status.get('search_index').trim().length > 0 && status.get('language') && targetLanguages?.includes(contentLocale);
 
     const content = { __html: statusContent ?? getStatusContent(status) };
     const spoilerContent = { __html: status.getIn(['translation', 'spoilerHtml']) || status.get('spoilerHtml') };
diff --git a/app/serializers/rest/status_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/rest/status_serializer.rb
index f21865fe94..f833d044f2 100644
--- a/app/serializers/rest/status_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/rest/status_serializer.rb
@@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ class REST::StatusSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
     ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.url_for(object)
   end
 
-  def language
-    object.language || (current_user? && current_user.locale)
-  end
-
   def status_reference_ids
     @status_reference_ids = object.reference_objects.pluck(:target_status_id)
   end