diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/discord-code/DiscordCode.ts b/packages/core/src/components/discord-code/DiscordCode.ts
index 1e1545f98..0fe965f12 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/discord-code/DiscordCode.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/discord-code/DiscordCode.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { consume } from '@lit/context';
 import { css, html, LitElement } from 'lit';
 import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js';
-import { ifDefined } from 'lit/directives/if-defined.js';
 import { messagesLightTheme } from '../discord-messages/DiscordMessages.js';
 import type { LightTheme } from '../../types.js';
 
@@ -86,15 +85,6 @@ export class DiscordCode extends LitElement implements LightTheme {
 	@property({ type: Boolean, reflect: true })
 	public accessor embed = false;
 
-	/**
-	 * The language of the code snippet.
-	 *
-	 * Setting this property will add a class "language-<language>" to the `code` element
-	 * which can get styled by a library such as [Prism](https://prismjs.com/).
-	 */
-	@property()
-	public accessor language: string | undefined = undefined;
-
 	protected override willUpdate() {
 		if (this.parentElement && 'lightTheme' in this.parentElement) {
 			const parent = this.parentElement as { lightTheme: boolean };
@@ -105,7 +95,7 @@ export class DiscordCode extends LitElement implements LightTheme {
 	protected override render() {
 		if (this.multiline) {
 			return html`<discord-pre ?embed=${this.embed}
-				><code class="${ifDefined(this.language ? `language-${this.language}` : undefined)}"><slot></slot></code
+				><code><slot></slot></code
 			></discord-pre>`;
 		}