diff --git a/_includes/footer.njk b/_includes/footer.njk
index 8d06492..36d8766 100644
--- a/_includes/footer.njk
+++ b/_includes/footer.njk
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 <footer>
   <div>
-    {% set otherLang = page.url | locale_links | first %}
-    <a href="{{otherLang.url}}" lang="{{otherLang.lang}}" hreflang="{{otherLang.lang}}">
-      {% if otherLang.lang == "de" %}
-        Deutsche Version 🇩🇪
-      {% else %}
-        English Version 🇬🇧/🇺🇸
-      {% endif %}
-    </a>
+    <div>[language switcher]</div>
     <nav>
-      {{ collections.footerNav | pageLang | eleventyNavigation | eleventyNavigationToHtml | safe }}
+      {{ collections.footerNav | eleventyNavigation | eleventyNavigationToHtml | safe }}
     </nav>
   </div>
   <div>
diff --git a/_includes/header.njk b/_includes/header.njk
index 8e809ff..4519008 100644
--- a/_includes/header.njk
+++ b/_includes/header.njk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <header>
-  <a href="{{ "/" | locale_url }}" title="home">ESE Logo</a>
+  <a href="/" title="home">ESE Logo</a>
   <nav>
-    {{ collections.mainNav | pageLang | eleventyNavigation | eleventyNavigationToHtml | safe }}
+    {{ collections.mainNav | eleventyNavigation | eleventyNavigationToHtml | safe }}
   </nav>
 </header>
diff --git a/content/en/accessibility.md b/content/accessibility.md
similarity index 100%
rename from content/en/accessibility.md
rename to content/accessibility.md
diff --git a/content/en/campus.md b/content/campus.md
similarity index 100%
rename from content/en/campus.md
rename to content/campus.md
diff --git a/content/de/accessibility.md b/content/de/accessibility.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 9efd435..0000000
--- a/content/de/accessibility.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: page.njk
-title: Barrierefreiheit
-tags: footerNav
----
-# Barrierefreiheit
diff --git a/content/de/campus.md b/content/de/campus.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 031c07d..0000000
--- a/content/de/campus.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: page.njk
-title: Campus & Fakultät
-tags: mainNav
----
-# Campus & Fakultät
-
diff --git a/content/de/de.json b/content/de/de.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8885221..0000000
--- a/content/de/de.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "lang": "de"
-}
diff --git a/content/de/faq.md b/content/de/faq.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 99445f7..0000000
--- a/content/de/faq.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: page.njk
-title: FAQ
-tags: mainNav
----
-# Häufig gestellte Fragen
diff --git a/content/de/first-steps.md b/content/de/first-steps.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f8a3e4..0000000
--- a/content/de/first-steps.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: page.njk
-title: Erste Schritte
-tags: mainNav
----
-# Erste Schritte
-
diff --git a/content/de/guidelines.md b/content/de/guidelines.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a05f14d..0000000
--- a/content/de/guidelines.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: page.njk
-title: Community-Leitlinien
-tags: footerNav
----
-# Community-Leitlinien
diff --git a/content/de/imprint.md b/content/de/imprint.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a1be408..0000000
--- a/content/de/imprint.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: page.njk
-title: Impressum
-tags: footerNav
----
-# Impressum
diff --git a/content/de/index.md b/content/de/index.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 02b2c22..0000000
--- a/content/de/index.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: page.njk
----
-# Hallo Welt :)
diff --git a/content/de/privacy.md b/content/de/privacy.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 04a4fe1..0000000
--- a/content/de/privacy.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: page.njk
-title: Datenschutz
-tags: footerNav
----
-# Datenschutz
diff --git a/content/de/program.md b/content/de/program.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 88d9187..0000000
--- a/content/de/program.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: page.njk
-title: Programm
-tags: mainNav
----
-# Programm
diff --git a/content/en/en.json b/content/en/en.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e791844..0000000
--- a/content/en/en.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "lang": "en"
-}
diff --git a/content/en/faq.md b/content/faq.md
similarity index 100%
rename from content/en/faq.md
rename to content/faq.md
diff --git a/content/en/first-steps.md b/content/first-steps.md
similarity index 100%
rename from content/en/first-steps.md
rename to content/first-steps.md
diff --git a/content/en/guidelines.md b/content/guidelines.md
similarity index 100%
rename from content/en/guidelines.md
rename to content/guidelines.md
diff --git a/content/en/imprint.md b/content/imprint.md
similarity index 100%
rename from content/en/imprint.md
rename to content/imprint.md
diff --git a/content/en/index.md b/content/index.md
similarity index 100%
rename from content/en/index.md
rename to content/index.md
diff --git a/content/en/privacy.md b/content/privacy.md
similarity index 100%
rename from content/en/privacy.md
rename to content/privacy.md
diff --git a/content/en/program.md b/content/program.md
similarity index 100%
rename from content/en/program.md
rename to content/program.md
diff --git a/eleventy.config.js b/eleventy.config.js
index 29ae4f8..d750560 100644
--- a/eleventy.config.js
+++ b/eleventy.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-const { EleventyHtmlBasePlugin, EleventyI18nPlugin } = require("@11ty/eleventy");
+const { EleventyHtmlBasePlugin } = require("@11ty/eleventy");
 const eleventyNavigationPlugin = require("@11ty/eleventy-navigation");
-const fs = require('fs');
 
 // update this :)
 const year = 2024;
@@ -8,28 +7,9 @@ const year = 2024;
 module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
   eleventyConfig.addPlugin(EleventyHtmlBasePlugin);
   eleventyConfig.addPlugin(eleventyNavigationPlugin);
-  eleventyConfig.addPlugin(EleventyI18nPlugin, {
-    defaultLanguage: "de",
-  });
 
   eleventyConfig.addGlobalData("year", year);
 
-  eleventyConfig.addFilter("pageLang", function(value) {
-    return value.filter(item => item.page.lang === this.page.lang)
-  });
-
-  // copy german start page to root url
-  eleventyConfig.on(
-    "eleventy.after",
-    async ({ dir, runMode, outputMode }) => {
-      if (outputMode === "fs") {
-        fs.copyFile(`${dir.output}/de/index.html`, `${dir.output}/index.html`, (err) => {
-          if (err) console.log(err);
-        });
-      }
-    }
-  );
-
   return {
     dir: {
       input: "content",