diff --git a/lbplanner/classes/model/user.php b/lbplanner/classes/model/user.php
index 14aaa0d6..e9600ca0 100644
--- a/lbplanner/classes/model/user.php
+++ b/lbplanner/classes/model/user.php
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@ class user {
      */
     public string $theme;
 
-    /**
-     * @var string $lang user language
-     */
-    public string $lang;
-
     /**
      * @var string $colorblindness the kind of color blindness of a user
      */
@@ -94,7 +89,6 @@ class user {
      * @param int $lbpid ID of the lb planner user
      * @param int $mdlid ID of the moodle user
      * @param string $theme user-chosen theme
-     * @param string $lang user language
      * @param string $colorblindness user's colorblindness
      * @param int $displaytaskcount user's display task count
      */
@@ -102,7 +96,6 @@ public function __construct(
         int $lbpid,
         int $mdlid,
         string $theme,
-        string $lang,
         string $colorblindness,
         int $displaytaskcount
     ) {
@@ -110,7 +103,6 @@ public function __construct(
         $this->lbpid = $lbpid;
         $this->mdlid = $mdlid;
         $this->set_theme($theme);
-        $this->set_lang($lang);
         $this->set_colorblindness($colorblindness);
         $this->set_displaytaskcount($displaytaskcount);
         $this->planid = null;
@@ -131,7 +123,7 @@ public function __construct(
      * @return user a representation of this user and its data
      */
     public static function from_db(object $obj): self {
-        return new self($obj->id, $obj->userid, $obj->theme, $obj->language, $obj->colorblindness, $obj->displaytaskcount);
+        return new self($obj->id, $obj->userid, $obj->theme, $obj->colorblindness, $obj->displaytaskcount);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -165,18 +157,6 @@ public function set_colorblindness(string $cbn): void {
         $this->colorblindness = $cbn;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sets user language
-     * @param string $lang language
-     * @throws \coding_exception if $lang isn't ISO 639-1 conformant
-     */
-    public function set_lang(string $lang): void {
-        if (preg_match('/^[a-z]{2}$/', $lang) !== 1) {
-            throw new \coding_exception('Incorrect language format - must be ISO 639-1, e.g. en or de');
-        }
-        $this->lang = $lang;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Sets user theme
      * @param string $theme theme
@@ -278,7 +258,6 @@ public function prepare_for_db(): object {
 
         $obj->userid = $this->mdlid;
         $obj->theme = $this->theme;
-        $obj->language = $this->lang;
         $obj->colorblindness = $this->colorblindness;
         $obj->displaytaskcount = $this->displaytaskcount;
 
@@ -341,7 +320,6 @@ public function prepare_for_api(): array {
             $this->prepare_for_api_short(),
             [
                 'theme' => $this->theme,
-                'lang' => $this->lang,
                 'planid' => $this->get_planid(),
                 'colorblindness' => $this->colorblindness,
                 'displaytaskcount' => $this->displaytaskcount,
@@ -363,7 +341,6 @@ public static function api_structure(): external_single_structure {
                 'firstname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'The firstname of the user'),
                 'lastname' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'The lastname of the user'),
                 'theme' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'The theme the user has selected'),
-                'lang' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'The language the user has selected'),
                 'profileimageurl' => new external_value(PARAM_URL, 'The url of the profile image'),
                 'planid' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'The id of the plan the user is assigned to'),
                 'colorblindness' => new external_value(PARAM_TEXT, 'The colorblindness of the user'),
diff --git a/lbplanner/db/install.xml b/lbplanner/db/install.xml
index 5d9498c4..4064f4cd 100644
--- a/lbplanner/db/install.xml
+++ b/lbplanner/db/install.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 				<FIELD NAME="id" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="true" />
 				<FIELD NAME="userid" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" COMMENT="User ID assigned from moodle." />
 				<FIELD NAME="theme" TYPE="text" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" COMMENT="The name of the theme the user has selected in the app." />
-				<FIELD NAME="language" TYPE="char" LENGTH="2" NOTNULL="true" DEFAULT="en" SEQUENCE="false" COMMENT="Language the user has selected in the app." />
 				<FIELD NAME="colorblindness" TYPE="text" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" COMMENT="The colorblindness the user has selected in the app." />
 				<FIELD NAME="displaytaskcount" TYPE="int" LENGTH="1" NOTNULL="true" DEFAULT="1" SEQUENCE="false" COMMENT="The display task count the user has selected in the app." />
 			</FIELDS>
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@
 				<KEY NAME="userid" TYPE="foreign" FIELDS="userid" REFTABLE="local_lbplanner_users" REFFIELDS="userid" />
 			</KEYS>
 		</TABLE>
-		<TABLE NAME="local_lbplanner_plan_invites" COMMENT="Table for Invites for the LBPLANNER Appme">
+		<TABLE NAME="local_lbplanner_plan_invites" COMMENT="Table for Invites for the LBPLANNER App">
 			<FIELDS>
 				<FIELD NAME="id" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="true" />
 				<FIELD NAME="planid" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" COMMENT="The id of the plan the user is inviting to." />