diff --git a/packages/common/src/inline-notification.js b/packages/common/src/inline-notification.js
index 6b7a1ecc36b04357f5a49df9a48e5a21b00e1edc..0e0a32a417fc147529d19d6fb3670e452be6d0e0 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/inline-notification.js
+++ b/packages/common/src/inline-notification.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import {i18n} from '../i18n';
-import {createUUID} from '../utils'
 import {css, html} from 'lit-element';
 import DBPLitElement from '../dbp-lit-element';
 import * as commonStyles from '../styles';
@@ -17,7 +15,6 @@ import * as commonStyles from '../styles';
 export class InlineNotification extends DBPLitElement {
     constructor() {
         super();
-        this.lang = 'de';
         this.type = '';
         this.summary = '';
         this.body = '';
@@ -25,7 +22,6 @@ export class InlineNotification extends DBPLitElement {
 
     static get properties() {
         return {
-            lang: { type: String },
             type: { type: String },
             summary: { type: String },
             body: { type: String },
@@ -34,7 +30,6 @@ export class InlineNotification extends DBPLitElement {
 
     connectedCallback() {
         super.connectedCallback();
-        i18n.changeLanguage(this.lang);
     }
 
     static get styles() {
@@ -66,13 +61,12 @@ export class InlineNotification extends DBPLitElement {
     }
 
     render() {
-        const notificationId = createUUID();
         const bodyHtml = this.createBodyHtml();
 
         return html`
             <div class="columns">
                 <div class="column">
-                    <div id="inline-notification-${ notificationId }" class="notification is-${ this.type !== '' ? this.type : 'info' }">
+                    <div id="inline-notification" class="notification is-${ this.type !== '' ? this.type : 'info' }">
                         ${ this.summary !== '' ? html`<h3>${ this.summary }</h3>` : `` }
                         ${ bodyHtml }
                     </div>
diff --git a/packages/common/utils.js b/packages/common/utils.js
index 17a21f4f6836d568cf170ada46a56310397f5aaa..fb31adb97ed00f544c6d35c6575d9301e1ee4aef 100644
--- a/packages/common/utils.js
+++ b/packages/common/utils.js
@@ -362,19 +362,3 @@ export const getBaseName = (str) => {
 export const getFileExtension = (str) => {
     return str.split('.').pop();
 };
-
-/**
-  * Creates a UUID
-  *
-  * @returns {string}
-  */
-export const createUUID = () => {
-    let dt = new Date().getTime();
-    const uuid = 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, (c) => {
-        const r = (dt + Math.random()*16)%16 | 0;
-        dt = Math.floor(dt/16);
-        return (c==='x' ? r :(r&0x3|0x8)).toString(16);
-    });
-
-    return uuid;
-};