diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/locales/i18n.js b/app/assets/javascripts/locales/i18n.js
index 7ef1ae356df..814e8ed8d9d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/locales/i18n.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/locales/i18n.js
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ I18n.toHumanSize = function(number, options) {
 
   options = this.prepareOptions(options, {
     precision: precision,
-    format: "%n%u",
+    format: this.t("number.human.storage_units.format"),
     delimiter: ""
   });
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vendor.js b/app/assets/javascripts/vendor.js
index cf116f3f4c7..e6c081a193c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vendor.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/vendor.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //= require logster
 
 //= require template_include.js
-//= require i18n-patches
 
 //= require message-bus
 //= require jquery.ui.widget.js
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/wizard-application.js b/app/assets/javascripts/wizard-application.js
index 4e2a7adc072..1c7b5c4d538 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/wizard-application.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/wizard-application.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 //= require_tree ./discourse-common/addon
-//= require i18n-patches
 //= require_tree ./select-kit/addon
 //= require wizard/router
 //= require wizard/wizard
diff --git a/vendor/assets/javascripts/i18n-patches.js b/vendor/assets/javascripts/i18n-patches.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ee4df93b160..00000000000
--- a/vendor/assets/javascripts/i18n-patches.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-(function() {
-  if (typeof I18n !== "undefined") {
-    // Default format for storage units
-    var oldI18ntoHumanSize = I18n.toHumanSize;
-    I18n.toHumanSize = function(number, options) {
-      options = options || {};
-      options.format = I18n.t("number.human.storage_units.format");
-      return oldI18ntoHumanSize.apply(this, [number, options]);
-    };
-
-    if ("w" in String.prototype) {
-      String.prototype.i18n = function(options) {
-        return I18n.t(String(this), options);
-      };
-    }
-  }
-})();