diff --git a/bookwyrm/settings.py b/bookwyrm/settings.py
index 598f6659..8cdf87ff 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/settings.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/settings.py
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 LANGUAGES = [
     ('en-us', _('English')),
     ('fr-fr', _('French')),
-    ('zh-cn', _('中文')),
 ]