diff --git a/app/javascript/widget/App.vue b/app/javascript/widget/App.vue
index 3d154dd03..3c218266a 100755
--- a/app/javascript/widget/App.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/widget/App.vue
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ export default {
       'setWidgetColor',
       'setBubbleVisibility',
       'setColorScheme',
-      'setLocale',
     ]),
     ...mapActions('conversation', ['fetchOldConversations', 'setUserLastSeen']),
     ...mapActions('campaign', [
@@ -153,10 +152,8 @@ export default {
 
       if (hasLocaleWithVariation) {
         this.$root.$i18n.locale = localeWithVariation;
-        this.$store.dispatch('appConfig/setLocale', localeWithVariation);
       } else if (hasLocaleWithoutVariation) {
         this.$root.$i18n.locale = localeWithoutVariation;
-        this.$store.dispatch('appConfig/setLocale', localeWithoutVariation);
       }
     },
     registerUnreadEvents() {
diff --git a/app/javascript/widget/store/modules/appConfig.js b/app/javascript/widget/store/modules/appConfig.js
index a51bd1ad3..b1b67f0dc 100644
--- a/app/javascript/widget/store/modules/appConfig.js
+++ b/app/javascript/widget/store/modules/appConfig.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   SET_WIDGET_APP_CONFIG,
   SET_WIDGET_COLOR,
   TOGGLE_WIDGET_OPEN,
-  SET_WIDGET_LOCALE,
 } from '../types';
 
 const state = {
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ const state = {
   widgetColor: '',
   widgetStyle: 'standard',
   darkMode: 'light',
-  locale: 'en',
 };
 
 export const getters = {
@@ -31,7 +29,6 @@ export const getters = {
   getReferrerHost: $state => $state.referrerHost,
   isWidgetStyleFlat: $state => $state.widgetStyle === 'flat',
   darkMode: $state => $state.darkMode,
-  widgetLocale: $state => $state.locale,
 };
 
 export const actions = {
@@ -68,9 +65,6 @@ export const actions = {
   setBubbleVisibility({ commit }, hideMessageBubble) {
     commit(SET_BUBBLE_VISIBILITY, hideMessageBubble);
   },
-  setLocale({ commit }, locale) {
-    commit(SET_WIDGET_LOCALE, locale);
-  },
 };
 
 export const mutations = {
@@ -97,9 +91,6 @@ export const mutations = {
   [SET_COLOR_SCHEME]($state, darkMode) {
     $state.darkMode = darkMode;
   },
-  [SET_WIDGET_LOCALE]($state, locale) {
-    $state.locale = locale || $state.locale;
-  },
 };
 
 export default {
diff --git a/app/javascript/widget/store/modules/specs/appConfig/actions.spec.js b/app/javascript/widget/store/modules/specs/appConfig/actions.spec.js
index 80dcc24b2..89aea11a0 100644
--- a/app/javascript/widget/store/modules/specs/appConfig/actions.spec.js
+++ b/app/javascript/widget/store/modules/specs/appConfig/actions.spec.js
@@ -31,11 +31,4 @@ describe('#actions', () => {
       expect(commit.mock.calls).toEqual([['SET_COLOR_SCHEME', 'dark']]);
     });
   });
-
-  describe('#setLocale', () => {
-    it('creates actions for setting the locale properly', () => {
-      actions.setLocale({ commit }, 'es_ES');
-      expect(commit.mock.calls).toEqual([['SET_WIDGET_LOCALE', 'es_ES']]);
-    });
-  });
 });
diff --git a/app/javascript/widget/store/modules/specs/appConfig/mutations.spec.js b/app/javascript/widget/store/modules/specs/appConfig/mutations.spec.js
index caad5ce80..e79235e28 100644
--- a/app/javascript/widget/store/modules/specs/appConfig/mutations.spec.js
+++ b/app/javascript/widget/store/modules/specs/appConfig/mutations.spec.js
@@ -32,12 +32,4 @@ describe('#mutations', () => {
       expect(state.darkMode).toEqual('dark');
     });
   });
-
-  describe('#SET_WIDGET_LOCALE', () => {
-    it('sets widget locale properly', () => {
-      const state = { locale: 'en' };
-      mutations.SET_WIDGET_LOCALE(state, 'es_ES');
-      expect(state.locale).toEqual('es_ES');
-    });
-  });
 });
diff --git a/app/javascript/widget/store/types.js b/app/javascript/widget/store/types.js
index edbb25ce1..17398b682 100644
--- a/app/javascript/widget/store/types.js
+++ b/app/javascript/widget/store/types.js
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@ export const UPDATE_CONVERSATION_ATTRIBUTES = 'UPDATE_CONVERSATION_ATTRIBUTES';
 export const TOGGLE_WIDGET_OPEN = 'TOGGLE_WIDGET_OPEN';
 export const SET_REFERRER_HOST = 'SET_REFERRER_HOST';
 export const SET_BUBBLE_VISIBILITY = 'SET_BUBBLE_VISIBILITY';
-export const SET_WIDGET_LOCALE = 'SET_WIDGET_LOCALE';
diff --git a/app/javascript/widget/views/Home.vue b/app/javascript/widget/views/Home.vue
index c5fd41960..3625f88f4 100755
--- a/app/javascript/widget/views/Home.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/widget/views/Home.vue
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ export default {
       unreadMessageCount: 'conversation/getUnreadMessageCount',
       popularArticles: 'article/popularArticles',
       articleUiFlags: 'article/uiFlags',
-      widgetLocale: 'appConfig/widgetLocale',
     }),
+    widgetLocale() {
+      return this.$i18n.locale || 'en';
+    },
     portal() {
       return window.chatwootWebChannel.portal;
     },