diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/Logic/SettingsLogic.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/Logic/SettingsLogic.cs
index e0253cd182..651d4d6345 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/Logic/SettingsLogic.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/Logic/SettingsLogic.cs
@@ -221,9 +221,12 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Widgets.Logic
 			BindIntSliderPref(panel, "FRAME_LIMIT_SLIDER", ds, "MaxFramerate");
 			BindCheckboxPref(panel, "PLAYER_STANCE_COLORS_CHECKBOX", gs, "UsePlayerStanceColors");
 
-			var languageDropDownButton = panel.Get<DropDownButtonWidget>("LANGUAGE_DROPDOWNBUTTON");
-			languageDropDownButton.OnMouseDown = _ => ShowLanguageDropdown(languageDropDownButton, modData.Languages);
-			languageDropDownButton.GetText = () => FieldLoader.Translate(ds.Language);
+			var languageDropDownButton = panel.GetOrNull<DropDownButtonWidget>("LANGUAGE_DROPDOWNBUTTON");
+			if (languageDropDownButton != null)
+			{
+				languageDropDownButton.OnMouseDown = _ => ShowLanguageDropdown(languageDropDownButton, modData.Languages);
+				languageDropDownButton.GetText = () => FieldLoader.Translate(ds.Language);
+			}
 
 			var windowModeDropdown = panel.Get<DropDownButtonWidget>("MODE_DROPDOWN");
 			windowModeDropdown.OnMouseDown = _ => ShowWindowModeDropdown(windowModeDropdown, ds);
diff --git a/mods/cnc/chrome/settings.yaml b/mods/cnc/chrome/settings.yaml
index 89be0e8b15..2ff727d28f 100644
--- a/mods/cnc/chrome/settings.yaml
+++ b/mods/cnc/chrome/settings.yaml
@@ -234,44 +234,6 @@ Container@SETTINGS_PANEL:
 							Width: 170
 							Height: 25
 							Font: Regular
-						Label@LOCALIZATION_TITLE:
-							Y: 265
-							Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-							Font: Bold
-							Text: Localization
-							Align: Center
-							Visible: false
-						Label@LANGUAGE_LABEL:
-							X: 230 - WIDTH - 5
-							Y: 284
-							Width: 75
-							Height: 25
-							Align: Right
-							Text: Language:
-							Visible: false
-						DropDownButton@LANGUAGE_DROPDOWNBUTTON:
-							X: 230
-							Y: 285
-							Width: 200
-							Height: 25
-							Font: Regular
-							Visible: false
-						Label@LANGUAGE_DESC_A:
-							Y: 310
-							Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-							Height: 25
-							Font: Tiny
-							Align: Center
-							Text: Language changes will be applied after the game is restarted
-							Visible: false
-						Label@LANGUAGE_DESC_B:
-							Y: 325
-							Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-							Height: 25
-							Font: Tiny
-							Align: Center
-							Text: Translations apply to text strings only; Speech and build icons will remain in English
-							Visible: false
 				Container@AUDIO_PANEL:
 					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
 					Height: PARENT_BOTTOM
diff --git a/mods/common/chrome/settings.yaml b/mods/common/chrome/settings.yaml
index 79e837c9d1..071233193f 100644
--- a/mods/common/chrome/settings.yaml
+++ b/mods/common/chrome/settings.yaml
@@ -249,43 +249,6 @@ Background@SETTINGS_PANEL:
 					Width: 180
 					Height: 25
 					Font: Regular
-				Label@LOCALIZATION_TITLE:
-					Y: 270
-					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-					Font: Bold
-					Text: Localization
-					Align: Center
-					Visible: false
-				Label@LANGUAGE_LABEL:
-					X: 230 - WIDTH - 5
-					Y: 289
-					Width: 75
-					Height: 25
-					Align: Right
-					Text: Language:
-					Visible: false
-				DropDownButton@LANGUAGE_DROPDOWNBUTTON:
-					X: 230
-					Y: 290
-					Width: 200
-					Height: 25
-					Visible: false
-				Label@LANGUAGE_DESC_A:
-					Y: 310
-					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-					Height: 25
-					Font: Tiny
-					Align: Center
-					Text: Language changes will be applied after the game is restarted
-					Visible: false
-				Label@LANGUAGE_DESC_B:
-					Y: 325
-					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-					Height: 25
-					Font: Tiny
-					Align: Center
-					Text: Translations apply to text strings only; Speech and build icons will remain in English
-					Visible: false
 		Container@AUDIO_PANEL:
 			X: 5
 			Y: 50