diff --git a/modules/routes/routeI18n.py b/modules/routes/routeI18n.py
index 5b4f600b..31543f62 100644
--- a/modules/routes/routeI18n.py
+++ b/modules/routes/routeI18n.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ router = APIRouter(
 _MIN_AI_BILLING_ESTIMATE_CHF = 0.01
 _TRANSLATE_BATCH_SIZE = 80
 
-_PROTECTED_CODES = frozenset({"xx", "de"})
+_PROTECTED_CODES = frozenset({"xx"})
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # ISO 639-1 label map (used when creating a language without explicit label)