diff --git a/src/components/rating/rating.component.ts b/src/components/rating/rating.component.ts
index aefb623e72..919ca4814e 100644
--- a/src/components/rating/rating.component.ts
+++ b/src/components/rating/rating.component.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { clamp } from '../../internal/math.js';
 import { classMap } from 'lit/directives/class-map.js';
 import { eventOptions, property, query, state } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import { html } from 'lit';
-import { LocalizeController } from '../../utilities/localize.js';
 import { styleMap } from 'lit/directives/style-map.js';
 import { unsafeHTML } from 'lit/directives/unsafe-html.js';
 import { watch } from '../../internal/watch.js';
@@ -36,8 +35,6 @@ export default class SlRating extends ShoelaceElement {
   static styles: CSSResultGroup = [componentStyles, styles];
   static dependencies = { 'sl-icon': SlIcon };
 
-  private readonly localize = new LocalizeController(this);
-
   @query('.rating') rating: HTMLElement;
 
   @state() private hoverValue = 0;
diff --git a/src/components/tree/tree.component.ts b/src/components/tree/tree.component.ts
index 790ca3030f..23ac4663ec 100644
--- a/src/components/tree/tree.component.ts
+++ b/src/components/tree/tree.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { clamp } from '../../internal/math.js';
 import { html } from 'lit';
-import { LocalizeController } from '../../utilities/localize.js';
 import { property, query } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import { watch } from '../../internal/watch.js';
 import componentStyles from '../../styles/component.styles.js';
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ export default class SlTree extends ShoelaceElement {
   // automatically updated when the underlying document is changed.
   //
   private lastFocusedItem: SlTreeItem | null;
-  private readonly localize = new LocalizeController(this);
   private mutationObserver: MutationObserver;
   private clickTarget: SlTreeItem | null = null;