diff --git a/src/components/details/details.ts b/src/components/details/details.ts
index 0b0eef215..7fb04c08d 100644
--- a/src/components/details/details.ts
+++ b/src/components/details/details.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import '../icon/icon.js';
 import { classMap } from 'lit/directives/class-map.js';
 import { customElement, property, query } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import { html } from 'lit';
-import { LocalizeController } from '../../utilities/localize.js';
 import { parseDuration, stopAnimations } from '../../internal/animate.js';
 import { waitForEvent } from '../../internal/event.js';
 import { watch } from '../../internal/watch.js';
@@ -49,8 +48,6 @@ import type { CSSResultGroup } from 'lit';
 export default class WaDetails extends WebAwesomeElement {
   static styles: CSSResultGroup = [componentStyles, styles];
 
-  private readonly localize = new LocalizeController(this);
-
   @query('.details') details: HTMLDetailsElement;
   @query('.details__header') header: HTMLElement;
   @query('.details__body') body: HTMLElement;
diff --git a/src/components/rating/rating.ts b/src/components/rating/rating.ts
index 0b80f3cee..19b5c8bfb 100644
--- a/src/components/rating/rating.ts
+++ b/src/components/rating/rating.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { clamp } from '../../internal/math.js';
 import { classMap } from 'lit/directives/class-map.js';
 import { customElement, eventOptions, property, query, state } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import { html } from 'lit';
-import { LocalizeController } from '../../utilities/localize.js';
 import { styleMap } from 'lit/directives/style-map.js';
 import { unsafeHTML } from 'lit/directives/unsafe-html.js';
 import { watch } from '../../internal/watch.js';
@@ -36,8 +35,6 @@ import type { CSSResultGroup } from 'lit';
 export default class WaRating extends WebAwesomeElement {
   static styles: CSSResultGroup = [componentStyles, styles];
 
-  private readonly localize = new LocalizeController(this);
-
   @query('.rating') rating: HTMLElement;
 
   @state() private hoverValue = 0;
diff --git a/src/components/tree/tree.ts b/src/components/tree/tree.ts
index 69220f9b4..fd08646a8 100644
--- a/src/components/tree/tree.ts
+++ b/src/components/tree/tree.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { clamp } from '../../internal/math.js';
 import { customElement, property, query } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import { html } from 'lit';
-import { LocalizeController } from '../../utilities/localize.js';
 import { watch } from '../../internal/watch.js';
 import componentStyles from '../../styles/component.styles.js';
 import styles from './tree.styles.js';
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ export default class WaTree extends WebAwesomeElement {
   // automatically updated when the underlying document is changed.
   //
   private lastFocusedItem: WaTreeItem | null;
-  private readonly localize = new LocalizeController(this);
   private mutationObserver: MutationObserver;
   private clickTarget: WaTreeItem | null = null;