diff --git a/server/helpers/page.js b/server/helpers/page.js
index 8bea0aa3..3337c4a8 100644
--- a/server/helpers/page.js
+++ b/server/helpers/page.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ const _ = require('lodash')
 const crypto = require('crypto')
 const path = require('path')
 
-const localeSegmentRegex = /^[A-Z]{2}(-[A-Z]{2})?$/i
+// exclude Regex matches based on ISO 639-1 individual living languages
+const localeSegmentRegex = /^(?!a[^abfmnsv])(?!b[^ameniosrg])(?!c[^ashevoy])(?!d[^aevz])(?!e[^lnue])(?!f[^ojiry])(?!g[^dalvu])(?!h[^taezioruy])(?!i[^gsidt])(?!j[^av])(?!k[^lnsakmiyoj])(?!l[^ointbug])(?!m[^khlirty])(?!n[^avrdglnby])(?!o[^cs])(?!p[^alt])(?!r[^monu])(?!s[^giklemndotrsuv])(?!t[^yateglhionskrw])(?!u[^gkr])(?!v[^ei])(?!w[^ao])(?!x[^h])(?!y[^o])(?!z[^u])[A-Z]{2}(-[A-Z]{2})?$/i
 const localeFolderRegex = /^([a-z]{2}(?:-[a-z]{2})?\/)?(.*)/i
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
 const unsafeCharsRegex = /[\x00-\x1f\x80-\x9f\\"|<>:*?]/
diff --git a/server/locales/locales.js b/server/locales/locales.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 91fd86cb..00000000
--- a/server/locales/locales.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-export const localeArray = [
-  'af',
-  'am',
-  'ar',
-  'as',
-  'az',
-  'bg',
-  'bn',
-  'bs-ba',
-  'ca',
-  'cs',
-  'da',
-  'de',
-  'el',
-  'en',
-  'eo',
-  'es',
-  'et',
-  'eu-es',
-  'fa',
-  'fi',
-  'fr',
-  'ga-ie',
-  'fu-in',
-  'he',
-  'hi-in',
-  'hr',
-  'ht-ht',
-  'hu',
-  'hy',
-  'id',
-  'is-is',
-  'it',
-  'ja',
-  'kk',
-  'km-kh',
-  'kn',
-  'ko',
-  'lt',
-  'lv',
-  'mk-mk',
-  'ml',
-  'mn',
-  'mr',
-  'nb',
-  'nl',
-  'nn',
-  'or',
-  'pa',
-  'pl',
-  'pt',
-  'pt-br',
-  'ro',
-  'ru',
-  'si',
-  'sk',
-  'sl',
-  'sr',
-  'sr-latn',
-  'sv',
-  'ta',
-  'te',
-  'th',
-  'tr',
-  'ug',
-  'uk',
-  'ur',
-  'vi',
-  'zh',
-  'zh-tw'
-]
-export default class localeArrary {
-}