diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/DeepL.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/DeepL.java
index 2b7c9aae4c..31653945a5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/DeepL.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/DeepL.java
@@ -238,16 +238,7 @@ public class DeepL {
         if (html)
             request += "&tag_handling=html";
 
-        ensureLanguages(context);
-        for (int i = 0; i < jlanguages.length(); i++) {
-            JSONObject jlanguage = jlanguages.getJSONObject(i);
-            if (Objects.equals(target, jlanguage.getString("language"))) {
-                boolean supports_formality = jlanguage.optBoolean("supports_formality");
-                if (supports_formality)
-                    request += "&formality=" + (formality ? "more" : "less");
-                break;
-            }
-        }
+        request += "&formality=" + (formality ? "prefer_more" : "prefer_less");
 
         URL url = new URL(getBaseUri(key) + "translate");
         HttpsURLConnection connection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();