diff --git a/VisualEditor.php b/VisualEditor.php
index f15c32c224..182a6171db 100644
--- a/VisualEditor.php
+++ b/VisualEditor.php
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ $wgResourceModules += array(
 			'jquery.visibleText',
 			'jquery.byteLength',
 			'jquery.client',
-			'mediawiki.Uri',
 			'mediawiki.api',
+			'mediawiki.language',
 			'mediawiki.Title',
 			'mediawiki.Uri',
 			'mediawiki.user',
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.Platform.js b/modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.Platform.js
index f5cdfb0ea4..0f5be8f060 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.Platform.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.Platform.js
@@ -105,15 +105,7 @@ ve.init.mw.Platform.prototype.getLanguageDirection = $.uls.data.getDir;
 
 /** @inheritdoc */
 ve.init.mw.Platform.prototype.getUserLanguages = function () {
-	var lang = mw.config.get( 'wgUserLanguage' ),
-		langParts = lang.split( '-' ),
-		langs = [ lang ];
-
-	if ( langParts.length > 1 ) {
-		langs.push( langParts[0] );
-	}
-
-	return langs;
+	return mw.language.getFallbackLanguageChain();
 };
 
 /* Initialization */