diff --git a/cms/templates/base.html b/cms/templates/base.html
index c306814ecddd..68df2d1a0e13 100644
--- a/cms/templates/base.html
+++ b/cms/templates/base.html
@@ -60,10 +60,9 @@
         </script>
     % endif
 
-    % if LANGUAGE_CODE != 'en':
-      <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url(jsi18n_path)}"></script>
-    % elif settings.DEBUG or LANGUAGE_CODE == 'en':
-      ## Provides a fallback for gettext functions for English and in debug mode
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url(jsi18n_path)}"></script>
+    % if settings.DEBUG:
+      ## Provides a fallback for gettext functions in development environment
       <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/src/gettext_fallback.js')}"></script>
     % endif
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
diff --git a/lms/templates/main.html b/lms/templates/main.html
index 9bf5992173b5..1a11900dae58 100644
--- a/lms/templates/main.html
+++ b/lms/templates/main.html
@@ -79,10 +79,9 @@
       }
     </script>
   % endif
-  % if LANGUAGE_CODE != 'en':
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url(jsi18n_path)}"></script>
-  % elif settings.DEBUG or LANGUAGE_CODE == 'en':
-    ## Provides a fallback for gettext functions for English and in debug mode
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url(jsi18n_path)}"></script>
+  % if settings.DEBUG:
+    ## Provides a fallback for gettext functions in development environment
     <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/src/gettext_fallback.js')}"></script>
   % endif
   <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url(ie11_fix_path)}"></script>