diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index a8cdf42454..b0720078c2 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -4388,3 +4388,10 @@ Bernd 7 May 2009
     - <cstdio> is a C++ haeder - moved it to __cplusplus section
     lib/
         filesys.h
+
+Rytis  7 May 2009
+    - user web: remove an undocumented feature where anyone could do a
+        recompile of language files by just knowing an URL parameter.
+    
+    hmtl/inc/
+        translation.inc
diff --git a/html/inc/translation.inc b/html/inc/translation.inc
index e09b228c67..38aede9ffd 100644
--- a/html/inc/translation.inc
+++ b/html/inc/translation.inc
@@ -209,14 +209,6 @@ function language_log($message, $loglevel=0){
     }
 }
 
-// Determine whether to recompile language files
-$compile_languages = false;
-if (isset($_GET['compile_languages'])) $compile_languages = true;
-if ($compile_languages){
-    buildLanguages($lang_language_dir,$lang_translations_dir, $lang_compiled_dir);
-    buildLanguages($lang_language_dir,$lang_prj_translations_dir, $lang_compiled_dir, true);
-}
-
 // Make a list of languages which the user prefers
 // (by looking at cookies and browser settings)
 // cookies have highest priority.