diff --git a/app/models/patent.rb b/app/models/patent.rb
index a4ad64f..871bca7 100644
--- a/app/models/patent.rb
+++ b/app/models/patent.rb
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ class Patent
 
   def get_plugin_field_data(field)
     case field
-    when "language"
-      value = I18n.t(self.language) rescue ""
     when "file"
       files = []
       self.patent_files.each do |patent_file|