diff --git a/themes/jquerymobile/js/common.js b/themes/jquerymobile/js/common.js
index fee0d2ab78d93e9511cad3e82e8929a39709ba66..10e6f964be2da44ba02bb93be7f036956814513f 100644
--- a/themes/jquerymobile/js/common.js
+++ b/themes/jquerymobile/js/common.js
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-// array holding translation strings for used in javascript code
-// translated key/value pairs are generated by Smarty templates
-_translations = Array();
-
 //$.ajaxSetup({cache: false});
 
 $(document).bind('mobileinit', function(){