diff --git a/app/soapbox/actions/instance.ts b/app/soapbox/actions/instance.ts
index 3a45abf49..151ad3672 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/actions/instance.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/actions/instance.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { createAsyncThunk } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import get from 'lodash/get';
-import { gte } from 'semver';
 
 import KVStore from 'soapbox/storage/kv_store';
 import { RootState } from 'soapbox/store';
@@ -38,12 +37,6 @@ const needsNodeinfo = (instance: Record<string, any>): boolean => {
   return v.software === 'Pleroma' && !get(instance, ['pleroma', 'metadata']);
 };
 
-/** Mastodon exposes features availabiliy under /api/v2/instance since 4.0.0 */
-const supportsInstanceV2 = (instance: Record<string, any>): boolean => {
-  const v = parseVersion(get(instance, 'version'));
-  return v.software === 'Mastodon' && gte(v.compatVersion, '4.0.0');
-};
-
 export const fetchInstance = createAsyncThunk<void, void, { state: RootState }>(
   'instance/fetch',
   async(_arg, { dispatch, getState, rejectWithValue }) => {
@@ -52,9 +45,6 @@ export const fetchInstance = createAsyncThunk<void, void, { state: RootState }>(
       if (needsNodeinfo(instance)) {
         dispatch(fetchNodeinfo());
       }
-      if (supportsInstanceV2(instance)) {
-        dispatch(fetchInstanceV2());
-      }
       return instance;
     } catch (e) {
       return rejectWithValue(e);
@@ -74,14 +64,6 @@ export const loadInstance = createAsyncThunk<void, void, { state: RootState }>(
   },
 );
 
-export const fetchInstanceV2 = createAsyncThunk<void, void, { state: RootState }>(
-  'nodeinfo/fetch',
-  async(_arg, { getState }) => {
-    const { data: instance } = await api(getState).get('/api/v2/instance');
-    return instance;
-  },
-);
-
 export const fetchNodeinfo = createAsyncThunk<void, void, { state: RootState }>(
   'nodeinfo/fetch',
   async(_arg, { getState }) => await api(getState).get('/nodeinfo/2.1.json'),
diff --git a/app/soapbox/actions/statuses.ts b/app/soapbox/actions/statuses.ts
index 5ebf1c95c..f9bfca3b0 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/actions/statuses.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/actions/statuses.ts
@@ -310,10 +310,12 @@ const toggleStatusHidden = (status: Status) => {
   }
 };
 
-const translateStatus = (id: string) => (dispatch: AppDispatch, getState: () => RootState) => {
+const translateStatus = (id: string, targetLanguage?: string) => (dispatch: AppDispatch, getState: () => RootState) => {
   dispatch({ type: STATUS_TRANSLATE_REQUEST, id });
 
-  api(getState).post(`/api/v1/statuses/${id}/translate`).then(response => {
+  api(getState).post(`/api/v1/statuses/${id}/translate`, {
+    target_language: targetLanguage,
+  }).then(response => {
     dispatch({
       type: STATUS_TRANSLATE_SUCCESS,
       id,
diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/translate-button.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/translate-button.tsx
index 5c6334fd3..d39cba1a6 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/translate-button.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/translate-button.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const TranslateButton: React.FC<ITranslateButton> = ({ status }) => {
     if (status.translation) {
       dispatch(undoStatusTranslation(status.id));
     } else {
-      dispatch(translateStatus(status.id));
+      dispatch(translateStatus(status.id, intl.locale));
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/app/soapbox/reducers/instance.ts b/app/soapbox/reducers/instance.ts
index ad6b5ae2f..4c1456dc4 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/reducers/instance.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/reducers/instance.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import {
   rememberInstance,
   fetchInstance,
   fetchNodeinfo,
-  fetchInstanceV2,
 } from '../actions/instance';
 
 import type { AnyAction } from 'redux';
@@ -33,20 +32,10 @@ const nodeinfoToInstance = (nodeinfo: ImmutableMap<string, any>) => {
   }));
 };
 
-const instanceV2ToInstance = (instanceV2: ImmutableMap<string, any>) =>
-  normalizeInstance(ImmutableMap({
-    configuration: instanceV2.get('configuration'),
-  }));
-
 const importInstance = (_state: typeof initialState, instance: ImmutableMap<string, any>) => {
   return normalizeInstance(instance);
 };
 
-const importInstanceV2 = (state: typeof initialState, instanceV2: ImmutableMap<string, any>) => {
-  console.log(instanceV2.toJS());
-  return state.mergeDeep(instanceV2ToInstance(instanceV2));
-};
-
 const importNodeinfo = (state: typeof initialState, nodeinfo: ImmutableMap<string, any>) => {
   return nodeinfoToInstance(nodeinfo).mergeDeep(state);
 };
@@ -131,8 +120,6 @@ export default function instance(state = initialState, action: AnyAction) {
     case fetchInstance.fulfilled.type:
       persistInstance(action.payload);
       return importInstance(state, ImmutableMap(fromJS(action.payload)));
-    case fetchInstanceV2.fulfilled.type:
-      return importInstanceV2(state, ImmutableMap(fromJS(action.payload)));
     case fetchInstance.rejected.type:
       return handleInstanceFetchFail(state, action.error);
     case fetchNodeinfo.fulfilled.type:
diff --git a/app/soapbox/utils/features.ts b/app/soapbox/utils/features.ts
index 716809612..f70402873 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/utils/features.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/utils/features.ts
@@ -353,12 +353,6 @@ const getInstanceFeatures = (instance: Instance) => {
      */
     importData: v.software === PLEROMA && gte(v.version, '2.2.0'),
 
-    /**
-     * Supports V2 instance endpoint.
-     * @see GET /api/v2/instance
-     */
-    instanceV2: v.software === MASTODON && gte(v.compatVersion, '4.0.0'),
-
     /**
      * Can create, view, and manage lists.
      * @see {@link https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/timelines/lists/}
@@ -618,7 +612,7 @@ const getInstanceFeatures = (instance: Instance) => {
      * Can translate statuses.
      * @see POST /api/v1/statuses/:id/translate
      */
-    translations: v.software === MASTODON && instance.configuration.getIn(['translation', 'enabled'], false),
+    translations: features.includes('translation'),
 
     /**
      * Trending statuses.