diff --git a/i18n/ve-mw/api/en.json b/i18n/ve-mw/api/en.json
index b060555125..99fc8b67d7 100644
--- a/i18n/ve-mw/api/en.json
+++ b/i18n/ve-mw/api/en.json
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 			"Yuki Shira"
 		]
 	},
-	"apierror-visualeditor-api-langlinks-error": "Error querying MediaWiki API",
 	"apierror-visualeditor-badcachekey": "No cached serialization found with that key",
 	"apierror-visualeditor-difffailed": "Diff failed",
 	"apierror-visualeditor-docserver-http-error": "$1",
diff --git a/i18n/ve-mw/api/qqq.json b/i18n/ve-mw/api/qqq.json
index 8aa4a6cf8f..9cb80aef96 100644
--- a/i18n/ve-mw/api/qqq.json
+++ b/i18n/ve-mw/api/qqq.json
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 			"Woytecr"
 		]
 	},
-	"apierror-visualeditor-api-langlinks-error": "{{doc-apierror}}",
 	"apierror-visualeditor-badcachekey": "{{doc-apierror}}",
 	"apierror-visualeditor-difffailed": "{{doc-apierror}}",
 	"apierror-visualeditor-docserver-http-error": "{{Ignored}}\n{{doc-apierror}}\n\nParameters:\n* $1 - Error message, probably in English",
diff --git a/includes/ApiVisualEditor.php b/includes/ApiVisualEditor.php
index bade61710b..5bab0650e7 100644
--- a/includes/ApiVisualEditor.php
+++ b/includes/ApiVisualEditor.php
@@ -208,48 +208,6 @@ class ApiVisualEditor extends ApiBase {
 		return $content;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Provide the current language links for a given page title
-	 *
-	 * @param Title $title The page title for which to get the current language links
-	 * @return string[]|false The language links
-	 */
-	protected function getLangLinks( Title $title ) {
-		$apiParams = [
-			'action' => 'query',
-			'prop' => 'langlinks',
-			'lllimit' => 500,
-			'titles' => $title->getPrefixedDBkey(),
-		];
-		$api = new ApiMain(
-			new DerivativeRequest(
-				$this->getRequest(),
-				$apiParams,
-				/* was posted? */ false
-			),
-			/* enable write? */ true
-		);
-
-		$api->execute();
-		$result = $api->getResult()->getResultData();
-		if ( !isset( $result['query']['pages'][$title->getArticleID()] ) ) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		$page = $result['query']['pages'][$title->getArticleID()];
-		if ( !isset( $page['langlinks'] ) ) {
-			return [];
-		}
-		$langlinks = $page['langlinks'];
-		$langnames = Language::fetchLanguageNames();
-		foreach ( $langlinks as $i => $lang ) {
-			// Check is_array() to filter out API metadata (T218464)
-			if ( is_array( $lang ) && isset( $langnames[$lang['lang']] ) ) {
-				$langlinks[$i]['langname'] = $langnames[$lang['lang']];
-			}
-		}
-		return $langlinks;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @inheritDoc
 	 */
@@ -660,15 +618,6 @@ class ApiVisualEditor extends ApiBase {
 					];
 				}
 				break;
-
-			case 'getlanglinks':
-				$langlinks = $this->getLangLinks( $title );
-				if ( $langlinks === false ) {
-					$this->dieWithError( 'apierror-visualeditor-api-langlinks-error', 'api-langlinks-error' );
-				} else {
-					$result = [ 'result' => 'success', 'langlinks' => $langlinks ];
-				}
-				break;
 		}
 
 		$this->getResult()->addValue( null, $this->getModuleName(), $result );
@@ -772,7 +721,6 @@ class ApiVisualEditor extends ApiBase {
 					'wikitext',
 					'parsefragment',
 					'parsedoc',
-					'getlanglinks',
 				],
 			],
 			'wikitext' => null,
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWLanguagesPage.js b/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWLanguagesPage.js
index b7eca03ed2..b5dd6fac7a 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWLanguagesPage.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWLanguagesPage.js
@@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ ve.ui.MWLanguagesPage.prototype.onLoadLanguageData = function ( languages ) {
  */
 ve.ui.MWLanguagesPage.prototype.onAllLanguageItemsSuccess = function ( deferred, response ) {
 	var i, iLen, languages = [],
-		langlinks = response && response.visualeditor && response.visualeditor.langlinks;
+		langlinks = OO.getProp( response, 'query', 'pages', 0, 'langlinks' );
 	if ( langlinks ) {
 		for ( i = 0, iLen = langlinks.length; i < iLen; i++ ) {
 			languages.push( {
 				lang: langlinks[ i ].lang,
-				langname: langlinks[ i ].langname,
-				title: langlinks[ i ][ '*' ],
+				langname: langlinks[ i ].autonym,
+				title: langlinks[ i ].title,
 				metaItem: null
 			} );
 		}
@@ -168,9 +168,13 @@ ve.ui.MWLanguagesPage.prototype.getAllLanguageItems = function () {
 	var deferred = $.Deferred();
 	// TODO: Detect paging token if results exceed limit
 	ve.init.target.getContentApi().get( {
-		action: 'visualeditor',
-		paction: 'getlanglinks',
-		page: ve.init.target.getPageName()
+		format: 'json',
+		formatversion: 2,
+		action: 'query',
+		prop: 'langlinks',
+		llprop: 'autonym',
+		lllimit: 500,
+		titles: ve.init.target.getPageName()
 	} )
 		.done( this.onAllLanguageItemsSuccess.bind( this, deferred ) )
 		.fail( this.onAllLanguageItemsError.bind( this, deferred ) );