diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index d1deb857e..fff75e3b2 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
         "@angular/cli": "^7.1.0",
         "@angular/compiler-cli": "^7.1.1",
         "@angular/language-service": "^7.1.1",
-        "@biesbjerg/ngx-translate-extract": "^2.3.4",
         "@compodoc/compodoc": "^1.1.7",
         "@types/jasmine": "^2.8.12",
         "@types/jasminewd2": "^2.0.6",
diff --git a/client/src/app/core/marked-translations.ts b/client/src/app/core/marked-translations.ts
index 4aa0cc65e..3b0d9fc7d 100644
--- a/client/src/app/core/marked-translations.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/core/marked-translations.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { _ } from '@biesbjerg/ngx-translate-extract';
+// import { _ } from '@biesbjerg/ngx-translate-extract';
+
+function _(key: string | string[]): string | string[] {
+	return key;
+}
 
 /**
  * Add strings here that require translations but have never been declared