diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/authenticated.cr b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/authenticated.cr
index 19c0ee3f..5d2b4c1c 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/authenticated.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/authenticated.cr
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Authenticated
   end
 
   def self.list_playlists(env)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
-
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
     user = env.get("user").as(User)
 
@@ -134,7 +132,6 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Authenticated
   def self.create_playlist(env)
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
     user = env.get("user").as(User)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
 
     title = env.params.json["title"]?.try &.as(String).delete("<>").byte_slice(0, 150)
     if !title
@@ -160,8 +157,6 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Authenticated
   end
 
   def self.update_playlist_attribute(env)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
-
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
     user = env.get("user").as(User)
 
@@ -197,8 +192,6 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Authenticated
   end
 
   def self.delete_playlist(env)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
-
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
     user = env.get("user").as(User)
 
@@ -219,8 +212,6 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Authenticated
   end
 
   def self.insert_video_into_playlist(env)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
-
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
     user = env.get("user").as(User)
 
@@ -274,8 +265,6 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Authenticated
   end
 
   def self.delete_video_in_playlist(env)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
-
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
     user = env.get("user").as(User)
 
@@ -389,8 +378,8 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Authenticated
   end
 
   def self.unregister_token(env)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
+
     user = env.get("user").as(User)
     scopes = env.get("scopes").as(Array(String))
 
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/misc.cr b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/misc.cr
index d10f4fcc..a1ce0cbc 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/misc.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/misc.cr
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Misc
   # Stats API endpoint for Invidious
   def self.stats(env)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
 
     if !CONFIG.statistics_enabled
@@ -15,8 +14,6 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Misc
   # user playlists and Invidious playlists. This means that we can't
   # reasonably split them yet. This should be addressed in APIv2
   def self.get_playlist(env : HTTP::Server::Context)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
-
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
     plid = env.params.url["plid"]
 
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/videos.cr b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/videos.cr
index 3a013ba0..be0f699b 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/videos.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/videos.cr
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Videos
   end
 
   def self.captions(env)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
-
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
 
     id = env.params.url["id"]
@@ -149,8 +147,6 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Videos
   # thumbnails for individual scenes in a video.
   # See https://support.jwplayer.com/articles/how-to-add-preview-thumbnails
   def self.storyboards(env)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
-
     env.response.content_type = "application/json"
 
     id = env.params.url["id"]
@@ -223,8 +219,6 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Videos
   end
 
   def self.annotations(env)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
-
     env.response.content_type = "text/xml"
 
     id = env.params.url["id"]
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/embed.cr b/src/invidious/routes/embed.cr
index 0e9701f0..207970b0 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/embed.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/embed.cr
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 module Invidious::Routes::Embed
   def self.redirect(env)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
-
     if plid = env.params.query["list"]?.try &.gsub(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]/, "")
       begin
         playlist = get_playlist(plid)
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Embed
   end
 
   def self.show(env)
-    locale = env.get("preferences").as(Preferences).locale
     id = env.params.url["id"]
 
     plid = env.params.query["list"]?.try &.gsub(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]/, "")