diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/languages/languages.js b/backend/src/middleware/languages/languages.js
index 0cfe6a0e9..3cf760f31 100644
--- a/backend/src/middleware/languages/languages.js
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/languages/languages.js
@@ -11,31 +11,17 @@ const removeHtmlTags = (input) => {
 const setPostLanguage = (text) => {
   const lngDetector = new LanguageDetect()
   lngDetector.setLanguageType('iso2')
-  const result = lngDetector.detect(removeHtmlTags(text), 2)
-  return {
-    language: result[0][0],
-    languageScore: result[0][1],
-    secondaryLanguage: result[1][0],
-    secondaryLanguageScore: result[1][1],
-  }
+  return lngDetector.detect(removeHtmlTags(text), 1)[0][0]
 }
 
 export default {
   Mutation: {
     CreatePost: async (resolve, root, args, context, info) => {
-      const languages = await setPostLanguage(args.content)
-      args = {
-        ...args,
-        ...languages,
-      }
+      args.language = await setPostLanguage(args.content)
       return resolve(root, args, context, info)
     },
     UpdatePost: async (resolve, root, args, context, info) => {
-      const languages = await setPostLanguage(args.content)
-      args = {
-        ...args,
-        ...languages,
-      }
+      args.language = await setPostLanguage(args.content)
       return resolve(root, args, context, info)
     },
   },
diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/languages/languages.spec.js b/backend/src/middleware/languages/languages.spec.js
index 66f8c5f2b..1448e4e4b 100644
--- a/backend/src/middleware/languages/languages.spec.js
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/languages/languages.spec.js
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ const createPostMutation = gql`
   mutation($title: String!, $content: String!, $categoryIds: [ID]) {
     CreatePost(title: $title, content: $content, categoryIds: $categoryIds) {
       language
-      languageScore
-      secondaryLanguage
-      secondaryLanguageScore
     }
   }
 `
@@ -61,17 +58,15 @@ describe('languagesMiddleware', () => {
       ...variables,
       content: 'Jeder sollte vor seiner eigenen Tür kehren.',
     }
-    const response = await mutate({
-      mutation: createPostMutation,
-      variables,
-    })
-    expect(response).toMatchObject({
+    await expect(
+      mutate({
+        mutation: createPostMutation,
+        variables,
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toMatchObject({
       data: {
         CreatePost: {
           language: 'de',
-          languageScore: 0.5134188034188034,
-          secondaryLanguage: 'no',
-          secondaryLanguageScore: 0.3655555555555555,
         },
       },
     })
@@ -82,17 +77,15 @@ describe('languagesMiddleware', () => {
       ...variables,
       content: 'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.',
     }
-    const response = await mutate({
-      mutation: createPostMutation,
-      variables,
-    })
-    expect(response).toMatchObject({
+    await expect(
+      mutate({
+        mutation: createPostMutation,
+        variables,
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toMatchObject({
       data: {
         CreatePost: {
           language: 'en',
-          languageScore: 0.3430188679245283,
-          secondaryLanguage: 'da',
-          secondaryLanguageScore: 0.19968553459119498,
         },
       },
     })
@@ -103,17 +96,15 @@ describe('languagesMiddleware', () => {
       ...variables,
       content: 'A caballo regalado, no le mires el diente.',
     }
-    const response = await mutate({
-      mutation: createPostMutation,
-      variables,
-    })
-    expect(response).toMatchObject({
+    await expect(
+      mutate({
+        mutation: createPostMutation,
+        variables,
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toMatchObject({
       data: {
         CreatePost: {
           language: 'es',
-          languageScore: 0.46589743589743593,
-          secondaryLanguage: 'pt',
-          secondaryLanguageScore: 0.3834188034188034,
         },
       },
     })
@@ -125,17 +116,15 @@ describe('languagesMiddleware', () => {
       content:
         '<strong>Jeder</strong> <strike>sollte</strike> <strong>vor</strong> <span>seiner</span> eigenen <blockquote>Tür</blockquote> kehren.',
     }
-    const response = await mutate({
-      mutation: createPostMutation,
-      variables,
-    })
-    expect(response).toMatchObject({
+    await expect(
+      mutate({
+        mutation: createPostMutation,
+        variables,
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toMatchObject({
       data: {
         CreatePost: {
           language: 'de',
-          languageScore: 0.5134188034188034,
-          secondaryLanguage: 'no',
-          secondaryLanguageScore: 0.3655555555555555,
         },
       },
     })
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/types/type/Post.gql b/backend/src/schema/types/type/Post.gql
index 2d8e39719..37f9dd176 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/types/type/Post.gql
+++ b/backend/src/schema/types/type/Post.gql
@@ -122,9 +122,6 @@ type Post {
   createdAt: String
   updatedAt: String
   language: String
-  languageScore: Float
-  secondaryLanguage: String
-  secondaryLanguageScore: Float
   pinnedAt: String @cypher(
       statement: "MATCH (this)<-[pinned:PINNED]-(:User) WHERE NOT this.deleted = true AND NOT this.disabled = true RETURN pinned.createdAt"
     )