diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2d2159273..3e47c2f97 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
         "https-proxy-agent": "7.0.6",
         "i18next": "24.2.2",
         "i18next-fs-backend": "2.6.0",
-        "i18next-http-backend": "3.0.2",
         "image-type": "5.2.0",
         "ini": "5.0.0",
         "is-animated": "2.0.2",
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@
         "serve-favicon": "2.5.0",
         "session-file-store": "1.5.0",
         "source-map-support": "0.5.21",
-        "split.js": "1.6.5",
         "stream-throttle": "0.1.3",
         "strip-bom": "5.0.0",
         "striptags": "3.2.0",
@@ -168,6 +166,7 @@
         "css-loader": "7.1.2",
         "electron": "34.3.0",
         "esm": "3.2.25",
+        "i18next-http-backend": "3.0.2",
         "jsdoc": "4.0.4",
         "lorem-ipsum": "2.0.8",
         "mini-css-extract-plugin": "2.9.2",
@@ -178,6 +177,7 @@
         "rimraf": "6.0.1",
         "sass": "1.85.1",
         "sass-loader": "16.0.5",
+        "split.js": "1.6.5",
         "supertest": "7.0.0",
         "swagger-jsdoc": "6.2.8",
         "tslib": "2.8.1",
@@ -7364,6 +7364,7 @@
       "version": "4.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-fetch/-/cross-fetch-4.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-e4a5N8lVvuLgAWgnCrLr2PP0YyDOTHa9H/Rj54dirp61qXnNq46m82bRhNqIA5VccJtWBvPTFRV3TtvHUKPB1g==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "node-fetch": "^2.6.12"
@@ -9357,6 +9358,7 @@
       "version": "0.1.13",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/encoding/-/encoding-0.1.13.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-ETBauow1T35Y/WZMkio9jiM0Z5xjHHmJ4XmjZOq1l/dXz3lr2sRn87nJy20RupqSh1F2m3HHPSp8ShIPQJrJ3A==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "dependencies": {
@@ -11410,6 +11412,7 @@
       "version": "3.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/i18next-http-backend/-/i18next-http-backend-3.0.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-PdlvPnvIp4E1sYi46Ik4tBYh/v/NbYfFFgTjkwFl0is8A18s7/bx9aXqsrOax9WUbeNS6mD2oix7Z0yGGf6m5g==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "cross-fetch": "4.0.0"
@@ -13516,6 +13519,7 @@
       "version": "2.7.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.7.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-c4FRfUm/dbcWZ7U+1Wq0AwCyFL+3nt2bEw05wfxSz+DWpWsitgmSgYmy2dQdWyKC1694ELPqMs/YzUSNozLt8A==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "whatwg-url": "^5.0.0"
@@ -13536,18 +13540,21 @@
       "version": "0.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tr46/-/tr46-0.0.3.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-N3WMsuqV66lT30CrXNbEjx4GEwlow3v6rr4mCcv6prnfwhS01rkgyFdjPNBYd9br7LpXV1+Emh01fHnq2Gdgrw==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/node-fetch/node_modules/webidl-conversions": {
       "version": "3.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-3.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-2JAn3z8AR6rjK8Sm8orRC0h/bcl/DqL7tRPdGZ4I1CjdF+EaMLmYxBHyXuKL849eucPFhvBoxMsflfOb8kxaeQ==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause"
     },
     "node_modules/node-fetch/node_modules/whatwg-url": {
       "version": "5.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/whatwg-url/-/whatwg-url-5.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-saE57nupxk6v3HY35+jzBwYa0rKSy0XR8JSxZPwgLr7ys0IBzhGviA1/TUGJLmSVqs8pb9AnvICXEuOHLprYTw==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "tr46": "~0.0.3",
@@ -16662,6 +16669,7 @@
       "version": "1.6.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/split.js/-/split.js-1.6.5.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-mPTnGCiS/RiuTNsVhCm9De9cCAUsrNFFviRbADdKiiV+Kk8HKp/0fWu7Kr8pi3/yBmsqLFHuXGT9UUZ+CNLwFw==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/sprintf-js": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 28a19f008..df6569be5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@
     "https-proxy-agent": "7.0.6",
     "i18next": "24.2.2",
     "i18next-fs-backend": "2.6.0",
-    "i18next-http-backend": "3.0.2",
     "image-type": "5.2.0",
     "ini": "5.0.0",
     "is-animated": "2.0.2",
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@
     "serve-favicon": "2.5.0",
     "session-file-store": "1.5.0",
     "source-map-support": "0.5.21",
-    "split.js": "1.6.5",
     "stream-throttle": "0.1.3",
     "strip-bom": "5.0.0",
     "striptags": "3.2.0",
@@ -218,6 +216,7 @@
     "css-loader": "7.1.2",
     "electron": "34.3.0",
     "esm": "3.2.25",
+    "i18next-http-backend": "3.0.2",
     "jsdoc": "4.0.4",
     "lorem-ipsum": "2.0.8",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "2.9.2",
@@ -228,6 +227,7 @@
     "rimraf": "6.0.1",
     "sass": "1.85.1",
     "sass-loader": "16.0.5",
+    "split.js": "1.6.5",
     "supertest": "7.0.0",
     "swagger-jsdoc": "6.2.8",
     "tslib": "2.8.1",
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/frontend_script_api.ts b/src/public/app/services/frontend_script_api.ts
index 178b0aa59..86a793c9f 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/frontend_script_api.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/services/frontend_script_api.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import shortcutService from "./shortcuts.js";
 import dialogService from "./dialog.js";
 import type FNote from "../entities/fnote.js";
 import { t } from "./i18n.js";
+import dayjs from "dayjs";
 import type NoteContext from "../components/note_context.js";
 import type NoteDetailWidget from "../widgets/note_detail.js";
 import type Component from "../components/component.js";
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ interface Api {
      * See {@link https://day.js.org} for documentation
      * @see https://day.js.org
      */
-    dayjs: typeof window.dayjs;
+    dayjs: typeof dayjs;
 
     RightPanelWidget: typeof RightPanelWidget;
     NoteContextAwareWidget: typeof NoteContextAwareWidget;
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/i18n.ts b/src/public/app/services/i18n.ts
index 48b3be72e..449381f06 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/services/i18n.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import library_loader from "./library_loader.js";
 import options from "./options.js";
-
-await library_loader.requireLibrary(library_loader.I18NEXT);
+import i18next from "i18next";
+import i18nextHttpBackend from "i18next-http-backend";
 
 export async function initLocale() {
     const locale = (options.get("locale") as string) || "en";
@@ -17,3 +16,4 @@ export async function initLocale() {
 }
 
 export const t = i18next.t;
+export const getCurrentLanguage = () => i18next.language;
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/library_loader.ts b/src/public/app/services/library_loader.ts
index 063757a59..829184155 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/library_loader.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/services/library_loader.ts
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ const MARKJS: Library = {
     js: ["node_modules/mark.js/dist/jquery.mark.es6.min.js"]
 };
 
-const I18NEXT: Library = {
-    js: ["node_modules/i18next/i18next.min.js", "node_modules/i18next-http-backend/i18nextHttpBackend.min.js"]
-};
-
 const HIGHLIGHT_JS: Library = {
     js: () => {
         const mimeTypes = mimeTypesService.getMimeTypes();
@@ -194,7 +190,6 @@ export default {
     WHEEL_ZOOM,
     MERMAID,
     MARKJS,
-    I18NEXT,
     HIGHLIGHT_JS,
     LEAFLET
 };
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/resizer.ts b/src/public/app/services/resizer.ts
index d6e828047..164f82eae 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/resizer.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/services/resizer.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import options from "./options.js";
+import Split from "split.js"
 
 let leftInstance: ReturnType<typeof Split> | null;
 let rightInstance: ReturnType<typeof Split> | null;
diff --git a/src/public/app/types.d.ts b/src/public/app/types.d.ts
index 1ef429650..a37df7f74 100644
--- a/src/public/app/types.d.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/types.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import type FNote from "./entities/fnote";
-import type { BackendModule, i18n } from "i18next";
 import type { Froca } from "./services/froca-interface";
-import type { HttpBackendOptions } from "i18next-http-backend";
 import { Suggestion } from "./services/note_autocomplete.ts";
 import utils from "./services/utils.ts";
 import appContext from "./components/app_context.ts";
@@ -115,22 +113,12 @@ declare global {
 
     // Libraries
     // TODO: Replace once library loader is replaced with webpack.
-    var i18next: i18n;
-    var i18nextHttpBackend: BackendModule<HttpBackendOptions>;
     var hljs: {
         highlightAuto(text: string);
         highlight(text: string, {
             language: string
         });
     };
-    var dayjs: {};
-    var Split: (selectors: string[], config: {
-        sizes: [ number, number ];
-        gutterSize: number;
-        onDragEnd: (sizes: [ number, number ]) => void;
-    }) => {
-        destroy();
-    };
     var renderMathInElement: (element: HTMLElement, options: {
         trust: boolean;
     }) => void;
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/doc.ts b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/doc.ts
index 57fc7eda8..12eff71f3 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/doc.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/doc.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { EventData } from "../../components/app_context.js";
 import type FNote from "../../entities/fnote.js";
 import { applySyntaxHighlight } from "../../services/syntax_highlight.js";
 import TypeWidget from "./type_widget.js";
+import { getCurrentLanguage } from "../../services/i18n.js";
 
 const TPL = `<div class="note-detail-doc note-detail-printable">
     <style>
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ export default class DocTypeWidget extends TypeWidget {
 
             if (docName) {
                 // find doc based on language
-                const url = this.#getUrl(docName, i18next.language);
+                const url = this.#getUrl(docName, getCurrentLanguage());
                 this.$content.load(url, (response, status) => {
                     // fallback to english doc if no translation available
                     if (status === "error") {
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/watched_file_update_status.js b/src/public/app/widgets/watched_file_update_status.js
index 6f3ee4e3d..d73746b86 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/watched_file_update_status.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/watched_file_update_status.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { t } from "../services/i18n.js";
 import NoteContextAwareWidget from "./note_context_aware_widget.js";
 import server from "../services/server.js";
 import fileWatcher from "../services/file_watcher.js";
+import dayjs from "dayjs";
 
 const TPL = `
 <div class="dropdown watched-file-update-status-widget alert alert-warning">
diff --git a/src/routes/assets.ts b/src/routes/assets.ts
index 4942f8017..37585d8d7 100644
--- a/src/routes/assets.ts
+++ b/src/routes/assets.ts
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ async function register(app: express.Application) {
     app.use(`/node_modules/katex/dist/`, express.static(path.join(srcRoot, "..", "node_modules/katex/dist/")));
     app.use(`/${assetPath}/node_modules/katex/dist/`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(srcRoot, "..", "node_modules/katex/dist/")));
 
-    app.use(`/${assetPath}/node_modules/dayjs/`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(srcRoot, "..", "node_modules/dayjs/")));
-
     app.use(`/${assetPath}/node_modules/boxicons/css/`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(srcRoot, "..", "node_modules/boxicons/css/")));
     app.use(`/${assetPath}/node_modules/boxicons/fonts/`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(srcRoot, "..", "node_modules/boxicons/fonts/")));
 
@@ -72,13 +70,9 @@ async function register(app: express.Application) {
 
     app.use(`/${assetPath}/node_modules/jquery-hotkeys/`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(srcRoot, "..", "node_modules/jquery-hotkeys/")));
 
-    app.use(`/${assetPath}/node_modules/split.js/dist/`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(srcRoot, "..", "node_modules/split.js/dist/")));
-
     app.use(`/${assetPath}/node_modules/panzoom/dist/`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(srcRoot, "..", "node_modules/panzoom/dist/")));
 
     // i18n
-    app.use(`/${assetPath}/node_modules/i18next/`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(srcRoot, "..", "node_modules/i18next/")));
-    app.use(`/${assetPath}/node_modules/i18next-http-backend/`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(srcRoot, "..", "node_modules/i18next-http-backend/")));
     app.use(`/${assetPath}/translations/`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(srcRoot, "public", "translations/")));
 
     app.use(`/${assetPath}/node_modules/eslint/bin/`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(srcRoot, "..", "node_modules/eslint/bin/")));
diff --git a/src/views/desktop.ejs b/src/views/desktop.ejs
index 5c624cf49..6896eeba8 100644
--- a/src/views/desktop.ejs
+++ b/src/views/desktop.ejs
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@
 
 <script src="<%= assetPath %>/node_modules/autocomplete.js/dist/autocomplete.jquery.min.js"></script>
 
-<script src="<%= assetPath %>/node_modules/dayjs/dayjs.min.js"></script>
-
-<script src="<%= assetPath %>/node_modules/split.js/dist/split.min.js"></script>
-
 <link href="<%= assetPath %>/stylesheets/ckeditor-theme.css" rel="stylesheet">
 <link href="api/fonts" rel="stylesheet">
 <link href="<%= assetPath %>/stylesheets/theme-light.css" rel="stylesheet">
diff --git a/src/views/mobile.ejs b/src/views/mobile.ejs
index 3660d0087..c1a99ea86 100644
--- a/src/views/mobile.ejs
+++ b/src/views/mobile.ejs
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@
 
 <script src="<%= assetPath %>/node_modules/autocomplete.js/dist/autocomplete.jquery.min.js"></script>
 
-<script src="<%= assetPath %>/node_modules/dayjs/dayjs.min.js"></script>
-
 <link href="<%= assetPath %>/stylesheets/tree.css" rel="stylesheet">
 <script src="<%= assetPath %>/node_modules/jquery.fancytree/dist/jquery.fancytree-all-deps.min.js"></script>