diff --git a/adhocracy-plus/config/settings/base.py b/adhocracy-plus/config/settings/base.py
index c473856cb..e57462279 100644
--- a/adhocracy-plus/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/adhocracy-plus/config/settings/base.py
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
 CKEDITOR_5_USER_LANGUAGE = True
 CKEDITOR_5_CONFIGS = {
     "default": {
-        "language": ["de", "en", "nl", "ky", "ru"],
+        "language": ["de", "en", "nl", "ru"],
         "toolbar": [
             "bold",
             "italic",
diff --git a/apps/account/views.py b/apps/account/views.py
index 44965faa6..082957969 100644
--- a/apps/account/views.py
+++ b/apps/account/views.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
 from django.contrib.messages.views import SuccessMessageMixin
 from django.db import transaction
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ class AccountView(RedirectView):
 
 
 class ProfileUpdateView(LoginRequiredMixin, SuccessMessageMixin, generic.UpdateView):
-
     model = User
     template_name = "a4_candy_account/profile.html"
     form_class = forms.ProfileForm
@@ -33,16 +33,18 @@ def get_success_url(self):
         return self.request.path
 
     def form_valid(self, form):
-        set_session_language(
-            self.request.user.email, form.cleaned_data["language"], self.request
-        )
+        set_session_language(self.request.user.email, form.cleaned_data["language"])
         return super(ProfileUpdateView, self).form_valid(form)
 
+    def render_to_response(self, context, **response_kwargs):
+        response = super().render_to_response(context, **response_kwargs)
+        response.set_cookie(settings.LANGUAGE_COOKIE_NAME, self.request.user.language)
+        return response
+
 
 class OrganisationTermsOfUseUpdateView(
     LoginRequiredMixin, SuccessMessageMixin, generic.UpdateView
 ):
-
     model = User
     template_name = "a4_candy_account/user_agreements.html"
     form_class = forms.OrganisationTermsOfUseForm
diff --git a/apps/users/__init__.py b/apps/users/__init__.py
index 3977ad403..0dd778816 100644
--- a/apps/users/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/users/__init__.py
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 )
 
 
-def set_language(sender, user, request, **kwargs):
+def set_language(sender, user, **kwargs):
     from .utils import set_session_language
 
-    set_session_language(user, None, request)
+    set_session_language(user, None)
 
 
 user_logged_in.connect(set_language)
diff --git a/apps/users/utils.py b/apps/users/utils.py
index c7553766b..0b4c956af 100644
--- a/apps/users/utils.py
+++ b/apps/users/utils.py
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-from django.utils.translation import LANGUAGE_SESSION_KEY
 from django.utils.translation import activate
 
 from .models import User
 
 
-def set_session_language(user_email, language=None, request=None):
+def set_session_language(user_email, language=None):
     if not language:
         language = User.objects.get(email=user_email).language
     activate(language)
-    if hasattr(request, "session"):
-        request.session[LANGUAGE_SESSION_KEY] = language
diff --git a/changelog/0003.md b/changelog/0003.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..defe493f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/0003.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+### Removed
+
+- kyrgyz translation for ckeditor
+
+### Fixed
+
+- language setting as a cookie instead of session key according to django deprecation