diff --git a/lib/private/util.php b/lib/private/util.php
index 3a0d7f653e..4c60af8818 100644
--- a/lib/private/util.php
+++ b/lib/private/util.php
@@ -396,8 +396,7 @@ class OC_Util {
 	 */
 	public static function addTranslations($application, $languageCode = null) {
 		if (is_null($languageCode)) {
-			$l = new \OC_L10N($application);
-			$languageCode = $l->getLanguageCode($application);
+			$languageCode = \OC_L10N::findLanguage($application);
 		}
 		if (!empty($application)) {
 			$path = "$application/l10n/$languageCode";