diff --git a/CategoryTreeFunctions.php b/CategoryTreeFunctions.php
index 7f9b2086..45dae51c 100644
--- a/CategoryTreeFunctions.php
+++ b/CategoryTreeFunctions.php
@@ -637,8 +637,7 @@ class CategoryTree {
 				$tag = 'span';
 				if ( $children == 0 ) {
 					$txt = wfMessage( 'categorytree-expand-bullet' )->plain();
-					# Don't load this message for ajax requests, so that we don't have to initialise $wgLang
-					$linkattr[ 'title' ] = $this->mIsAjaxRequest ? '##LOAD##' : wfMessage( 'categorytree-expand' )->plain();
+					$linkattr[ 'title' ] = wfMessage( 'categorytree-expand' )->plain();
 					$linkattr[ 'data-ct-state' ] = 'collapsed';
 				} else {
 					$txt = wfMessage( 'categorytree-collapse-bullet' )->plain();
diff --git a/modules/ext.categoryTree.js b/modules/ext.categoryTree.js
index e004826b..611ed77b 100644
--- a/modules/ext.categoryTree.js
+++ b/modules/ext.categoryTree.js
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@
 				formatversion: 2
 			} ).done( function ( data ) {
 				data = data.categorytree.html;
-				data = data.replace( /##LOAD##/g, mw.msg( 'categorytree-expand' ) );
 
 				if ( data === '' ) {
 					switch ( ctMode ) {