diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 7b957f4c..ab0bfd4c 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -223,25 +223,6 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
         ),
     )
 
-    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Document Translation Settings
-    # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Default target language for automatic document translation (ISO 639-1 code).
-    # After OCR / metadata extraction, if the detected document language differs
-    # from this value the system translates the extracted text into this language
-    # and stores it alongside the original.  Other language translations are
-    # generated on the fly via the AI provider and are NOT persisted.
-    # Per-user overrides are stored in UserProfile.default_document_language.
-    default_document_language: str = Field(
-        default="en",
-        description=(
-            "ISO 639-1 language code for the default translation target "
-            "(e.g. 'en', 'de', 'fr'). Documents whose detected language "
-            "differs are automatically translated into this language after "
-            "processing. Default: 'en' (English)."
-        ),
-    )
-
     # Authentication settings
     auth_enabled: bool = True  # Default to enabled
     admin_username: Optional[str] = None