diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/.gitignore b/bigbluebutton-html5/.gitignore
index bd007c62cbfad9b92bb8d91fc8be6da38f76d252..13f585d7bdee94f00faf806aa8d001c7c457fbc9 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/.gitignore
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ npm-debug.log
 node_modules/
 .meteor/dev_bundle
 tests/webdriverio/.testing-env
+private/locales/ka.json 
+
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/startup/server/index.js b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/startup/server/index.js
index 833bda4617b11261848bd1539600352b6aedf237..2f6cc43f7436903dac29fdf33fb7001a6dc40f38 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/startup/server/index.js
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/startup/server/index.js
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ WebApp.connectHandlers.use('/locales', (req, res) => {
     locales = AVAILABLE_LOCALES
       .map(file => file.replace('.json', ''))
       .map(file => file.replace('_', '-'))
-      .map(locale => (locale === 'ka' ? 'ka-GE' : locale)) // edge case 'ka' missing from Langmap
       .map(locale => ({
         locale,
         name: Langmap[locale].nativeName,