diff --git a/translation-web/src/main/java/eu/europeana/api/translation/web/LangDetectionController.java b/translation-web/src/main/java/eu/europeana/api/translation/web/LangDetectionController.java
index a089c158..fae5c9a4 100644
--- a/translation-web/src/main/java/eu/europeana/api/translation/web/LangDetectionController.java
+++ b/translation-web/src/main/java/eu/europeana/api/translation/web/LangDetectionController.java
@@ -63,71 +63,4 @@ private void validateRequest(LangDetectRequest langDetectRequest)
           new String[] {TranslationAppConstants.LANG, langDetectRequest.getLang()});
     }
   }  
-}
-=======
-package eu.europeana.api.translation.web;
-
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
-import eu.europeana.api.commons.web.exception.ParamValidationException;
-import eu.europeana.api.commons.web.http.HttpHeaders;
-import eu.europeana.api.commons.web.model.vocabulary.Operations;
-import eu.europeana.api.translation.definitions.vocabulary.TranslationAppConstants;
-import eu.europeana.api.translation.model.LangDetectRequest;
-import eu.europeana.api.translation.model.LangDetectResponse;
-import eu.europeana.api.translation.web.service.LangDetectionWebService;
-import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
-import static eu.europeana.api.translation.config.I18nConstants.EMPTY_PARAM_MANDATORY;
-import static eu.europeana.api.translation.config.I18nConstants.INVALID_SERVICE_PARAM;
-
-@RestController
-@Tag(name = "Language Detection endpoints", description = "Perform language detection")
-public class LangDetectionController extends BaseRest {
-
-  private final LangDetectionWebService langDetectionService;
-
-  public LangDetectionController(@Autowired LangDetectionWebService langDetectionService) {
-    this.langDetectionService = langDetectionService;
-  }
-
-  @Tag(description = "Language detection", name = "detectLang")
-  @PostMapping(value = {"/detect"}, produces = {HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE_JSON_UTF8, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE})
-  public ResponseEntity<String> detectLang(@RequestBody LangDetectRequest langDetectRequest,
-      HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception {
-
-    verifyWriteAccess(Operations.CREATE, request);
-
-    validateRequest(langDetectRequest);
-
-    LangDetectResponse result = langDetectionService.detectLang(langDetectRequest);
-
-    String resultJson = serialize(result);
-
-    return generateResponseEntity(request, resultJson);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Validate the Language detection request.
-   *
-   * @param langDetectRequest detection request
-   * @throws ParamValidationException exception
-   */
-  private void validateRequest(LangDetectRequest langDetectRequest)
-      throws ParamValidationException {
-    // validate mandatory params
-    if (langDetectRequest.getText() == null) {
-      throw new ParamValidationException(null, EMPTY_PARAM_MANDATORY,
-          new String[] {TranslationAppConstants.TEXT});
-    }
-    //validate language hint if provided
-    if(langDetectRequest.getLang() != null && !langDetectionService.isLangDetectionSupported(langDetectRequest.getLang())) {
-      throw new ParamValidationException(null, INVALID_SERVICE_PARAM,
-          new String[] {TranslationAppConstants.LANG, langDetectRequest.getLang()});
-    }
-  }  
 }
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