diff --git a/packages/person-select/src/i18n/de/translation.json b/packages/person-select/src/i18n/de/translation.json
index b5a39b9b0233a12199919e4ada0143951c842bad..4528f9010fd698f94f26739d01e2d1eb9a6d6b41 100644
--- a/packages/person-select/src/i18n/de/translation.json
+++ b/packages/person-select/src/i18n/de/translation.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "person-select": {
     "placeholder": "Bitte wählen Sie eine Person aus",
-    "error-summary": "Ein Fehler ist aufgetreten",
     "login-required": "Anmeldung erforderlich"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/person-select/src/i18n/en/translation.json b/packages/person-select/src/i18n/en/translation.json
index a89cdb1a16632a3b5255230cb5b33d93d2a28a4c..9bcb748c767c334de390e3c032250dd01f91c088 100644
--- a/packages/person-select/src/i18n/en/translation.json
+++ b/packages/person-select/src/i18n/en/translation.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "person-select": {
     "placeholder": "Please select a person",
-    "error-summary": "An error occurred",
     "login-required": "Login required"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/person-select/src/person-select.js b/packages/person-select/src/person-select.js
index 0db9118fe7ee88931d82682d44890234857918d5..68d96a1e9c14d1078e6a746e3a6aab4a639c56f7 100644
--- a/packages/person-select/src/person-select.js
+++ b/packages/person-select/src/person-select.js
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export class PersonSelect extends ScopedElementsMixin(AdapterLitElement) {
             width: '100%',
             language: this.lang === "de" ? select2LangDe() : select2LangEn(),
             minimumInputLength: 2,
-            placeholder: i18n.t(this.authenticated() ? 'person-select.placeholder' : 'person-select.login-required'),
+            placeholder: this.authenticated() ? i18n.t('person-select.placeholder') : i18n.t('person-select.login-required'),
             dropdownParent: this.$('#person-select-dropdown'),
             ajax: {
                 delay: 500,