diff --git a/app/app.py b/app/app.py
index 799f4eb..f1b7b70 100644
--- a/app/app.py
+++ b/app/app.py
@@ -2,14 +2,10 @@ import os
 from flask import Flask, render_template, jsonify, request, abort, send_from_directory
 from flask_swagger import swagger
 from flask_swagger_ui import get_swaggerui_blueprint
-from langdetect import detect_langs
-from langdetect import DetectorFactory
 from pkg_resources import resource_filename
 from .api_keys import Database
 from app.language import detect_languages
 
-DetectorFactory.seed = 0 # deterministic
-
 api_keys_db = None
 
 def get_json_dict(request):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 29da098..30763a7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ flask-swagger==0.2.14
 flask-swagger-ui==3.36.0
 Flask-Limiter==1.4
 waitress==1.4.4
-langdetect==1.0.8
 expiringdict==1.2.1
 pyicu==2.6
 pycld2==0.41