diff --git a/lib/discourse_translator/inline_translation.rb b/lib/discourse_translator/inline_translation.rb
index dc3ad15d..6aec3998 100644
--- a/lib/discourse_translator/inline_translation.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse_translator/inline_translation.rb
@@ -65,23 +65,6 @@ def inject(plugin)
           !object.topic.locale_matches?(InlineTranslation.effective_locale) &&
           object.topic.translation_for(InlineTranslation.effective_locale).present?
       end
-
-      plugin.register_topic_preloader_associations(
-        {
-          association: :content_locale,
-          condition: -> do
-            SiteSetting.translator_enabled && SiteSetting.experimental_inline_translation
-          end,
-        },
-      )
-      plugin.register_topic_preloader_associations(
-        {
-          association: :translations,
-          condition: -> do
-            SiteSetting.translator_enabled && SiteSetting.experimental_inline_translation
-          end,
-        },
-      )
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/serializers/topic_list_serializer_spec.rb b/spec/serializers/topic_list_serializer_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ae41144..00000000
--- a/spec/serializers/topic_list_serializer_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-describe TopicListSerializer do
-  fab!(:topic1) { Fabricate(:topic) }
-  fab!(:topic2) { Fabricate(:topic) }
-  fab!(:topic3) { Fabricate(:topic) }
-  fab!(:user)
-
-  let(:topic_list) { TopicList.new(nil, user, [topic1, topic2, topic3]) }
-
-  before do
-    SiteSetting.translator_enabled = true
-    SiteSetting.experimental_inline_translation = true
-
-    # required for other core parts of topic_view
-    [topic1, topic2, topic3].each { |topic| topic.tap { |t| t.allowed_user_ids = [t.user_id] } }
-  end
-
-  describe "preloading" do
-    it "preloads locale and translations without N+1 queries" do
-      serializer = described_class.new(topic_list, scope: Guardian.new(user))
-
-      queries = track_sql_queries { serializer.as_json }
-
-      locale_queries = queries.count { |q| q.include?("discourse_translator_topic_locales") }
-      expect(locale_queries).to eq(1) # would be 3 if not preloaded
-
-      translation_queries =
-        queries.count { |q| q.include?("discourse_translator_topic_translations") }
-      expect(translation_queries).to eq(1) # would be 3 if not preloaded
-
-      expect(topic_list.topics.first.association(:content_locale)).to be_loaded
-    end
-
-    it "never preloads translations if SiteSetting.experimental_inline_translations is false" do
-      SiteSetting.experimental_inline_translation = false
-
-      serializer = described_class.new(topic_list, scope: Guardian.new(user))
-      queries = track_sql_queries { serializer.as_json }
-
-      locale_queries = queries.count { |q| q.include?("discourse_translator_topic_locales") }
-      expect(locale_queries).to eq(0)
-      translation_queries =
-        queries.count { |q| q.include?("discourse_translator_topic_translations") }
-      expect(translation_queries).to eq(0)
-    end
-  end
-end