diff --git a/libs/drape/drape_tests/glyph_mng_tests.cpp b/libs/drape/drape_tests/glyph_mng_tests.cpp
index fa53a8117..f0084c555 100644
--- a/libs/drape/drape_tests/glyph_mng_tests.cpp
+++ b/libs/drape/drape_tests/glyph_mng_tests.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public:
     QPainter painter(device);
     painter.fillRect(QRectF(0.0, 0.0, device->width(), device->height()), Qt::white);
 
-    auto const shapedText = m_mng->ShapeText(m_utf8, m_fontPixelSize, m_lang);
+    auto const shapedText = m_mng->ShapeText(m_utf8, m_fontPixelSize);
 
     std::cout << "Total width: " << shapedText.m_lineWidthInPixels << '\n';
     std::cout << "Max height: " << shapedText.m_maxLineHeightInPixels << '\n';
diff --git a/libs/drape/glyph_manager.cpp b/libs/drape/glyph_manager.cpp
index f8bef2485..353d8ff57 100644
--- a/libs/drape/glyph_manager.cpp
+++ b/libs/drape/glyph_manager.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "drape/harfbuzz_shaping.hpp"
 
 #include "platform/platform.hpp"
+#include "platform/preferred_languages.hpp"
 
 #include "coding/hex.hpp"
 #include "coding/reader.hpp"
@@ -328,6 +329,9 @@ FreetypeError constexpr g_FT_Errors[] =
     TUniBlockIter m_lastUsedBlock;
     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Font>> m_fonts;
 
+    std::string const lang = languages::GetCurrentOrig();
+    hb_language_t const m_language = hb_language_from_string(lang.data(), static_cast<int>(lang.size()));
+
     // Required to use std::string_view as a search key for std::unordered_map::find().
     struct StringHash : public std::hash<std::string_view>
     {
@@ -563,21 +567,8 @@ FreetypeError constexpr g_FT_Errors[] =
     return m_impl->m_fonts[key.m_fontIndex]->GetGlyphImage(key.m_glyphId, pixelHeight, sdf);
   }
 
-  namespace
-  {
-  hb_language_t OrganicMapsLanguageToHarfbuzzLanguage(int8_t lang)
-  {
-    // TODO(AB): can langs be converted faster?
-    auto const svLang = StringUtf8Multilang::GetLangByCode(lang);
-    auto const hbLanguage = hb_language_from_string(svLang.data(), static_cast<int>(svLang.size()));
-    if (hbLanguage == HB_LANGUAGE_INVALID)
-      return hb_language_get_default();
-    return hbLanguage;
-  }
-  }  // namespace
-
   // This method is NOT multithreading-safe.
-  text::TextMetrics GlyphManager::ShapeText(std::string_view utf8, int fontPixelHeight, int8_t lang)
+  text::TextMetrics GlyphManager::ShapeText(std::string_view utf8, int fontPixelHeight)
   {
 #ifdef DEBUG
     static int const fontSize = fontPixelHeight;
@@ -591,9 +582,6 @@ FreetypeError constexpr g_FT_Errors[] =
 
     auto const [text, segments] = harfbuzz_shaping::GetTextSegments(utf8);
 
-    // TODO(AB): Optimize language conversion.
-    hb_language_t const hbLanguage = OrganicMapsLanguageToHarfbuzzLanguage(lang);
-
     text::TextMetrics allGlyphs;
     // For SplitText it's enough to know if the last visual (first logical) segment is RTL.
     allGlyphs.m_isRTL = segments.back().m_direction == HB_DIRECTION_RTL;
@@ -609,7 +597,8 @@ FreetypeError constexpr g_FT_Errors[] =
                           static_cast<int>(text.size()), substring.m_start, substring.m_length);
       hb_buffer_set_direction(m_impl->m_harfbuzzBuffer, substring.m_direction);
       hb_buffer_set_script(m_impl->m_harfbuzzBuffer, substring.m_script);
-      hb_buffer_set_language(m_impl->m_harfbuzzBuffer, hbLanguage);
+      // TODO: This property is static, is it possible to set it only once?
+      hb_buffer_set_language(m_impl->m_harfbuzzBuffer, m_impl->m_language);
 
       auto u32CharacterIter{text.begin() + substring.m_start};
       auto const end{u32CharacterIter + substring.m_length};
@@ -646,10 +635,4 @@ FreetypeError constexpr g_FT_Errors[] =
 
     return allGlyphs;
   }
-
-  text::TextMetrics GlyphManager::ShapeText(std::string_view utf8, int fontPixelHeight, char const * lang)
-  {
-    return ShapeText(utf8, fontPixelHeight, StringUtf8Multilang::GetLangIndex(lang));
-  }
-
 }  // namespace dp
diff --git a/libs/drape/glyph_manager.hpp b/libs/drape/glyph_manager.hpp
index 73fa2b08e..c8e7f2d73 100644
--- a/libs/drape/glyph_manager.hpp
+++ b/libs/drape/glyph_manager.hpp
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ public:
   int GetFontIndex(strings::UniChar unicodePoint);
   int GetFontIndex(std::u16string_view sv);
 
-  text::TextMetrics ShapeText(std::string_view utf8, int fontPixelHeight, int8_t lang);
-  text::TextMetrics ShapeText(std::string_view utf8, int fontPixelHeight, char const * lang);
+  text::TextMetrics ShapeText(std::string_view utf8, int fontPixelHeight);
 
   GlyphImage GetGlyphImage(GlyphFontAndId key, int pixelHeight, bool sdf) const;
 
diff --git a/libs/drape/texture_manager.cpp b/libs/drape/texture_manager.cpp
index 9ceec7437..01dc50f27 100644
--- a/libs/drape/texture_manager.cpp
+++ b/libs/drape/texture_manager.cpp
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ void TextureManager::Init(ref_ptr<dp::GraphicsContext> context, Params const & p
   m_maxGlypsCount = static_cast<uint32_t>(ceil(kGlyphAreaCoverage * textureSquare / averageGlyphSquare));
 
   std::string_view constexpr kSpace{" "};
-  m_spaceGlyph = m_glyphManager->ShapeText(kSpace, dp::kBaseFontSizePixels, "en").m_glyphs.front().m_key;
+  m_spaceGlyph = m_glyphManager->ShapeText(kSpace, dp::kBaseFontSizePixels).m_glyphs.front().m_key;
 
   LOG(LDEBUG, ("Glyphs texture size =", kGlyphsTextureSize, "with max glyphs count =", m_maxGlypsCount));
 
@@ -467,8 +467,7 @@ text::TextMetrics TextureManager::ShapeSingleTextLine(float fontPixelHeight, std
   // TODO(AB): Is this mutex too slow?
   std::lock_guard lock(m_calcGlyphsMutex);
 
-  // TODO(AB): Fix hard-coded lang.
-  auto textMetrics = m_glyphManager->ShapeText(utf8, fontPixelHeight, "en");
+  auto textMetrics = m_glyphManager->ShapeText(utf8, fontPixelHeight);
 
   auto const & glyphs = textMetrics.m_glyphs;