2 files changed, 5 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/src/data/language.js b/src/data/language.js
index 8dc06e7e..e97267c0 100644
--- a/src/data/language.js
+++ b/src/data/language.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import yaml from 'js-yaml';
 
 import {annotateError, annotateErrorWithFile, showAggregate, withAggregate}
   from '#aggregate';
-import {externalLinkSpec} from '#external-links';
 import {colors, logWarn} from '#cli';
 import {empty, splitKeys, withEntries} from '#sugar';
 import T from '#things';
@@ -247,16 +246,8 @@ async function processLanguageSpecFromFile(file, processLanguageSpecOpts) {
   }
 }
 
-export function initializeLanguageObject() {
-  const language = new Language();
-
-  language.externalLinkSpec = externalLinkSpec;
-
-  return language;
-}
-
 export async function processLanguageFile(file) {
-  const language = initializeLanguageObject();
+  const language = new Language()
   const properties = await processLanguageSpecFromFile(file);
   return Object.assign(language, properties);
 }
@@ -267,7 +258,7 @@ export function watchLanguageFile(file, {
   const basename = path.basename(file);
 
   const events = new EventEmitter();
-  const language = initializeLanguageObject();
+  const language = new Language();
 
   let emittedReady = false;
   let successfullyAppliedLanguage = false;
diff --git a/src/data/things/language.js b/src/data/things/language.js
index 997cf31e..631df94d 100644
--- a/src/data/things/language.js
+++ b/src/data/things/language.js
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import Thing from '#thing';
 import {languageOptionRegex} from '#wiki-data';
 
 import {
+  externalLinkSpec,
   getExternalLinkStringOfStyleFromDescriptors,
   getExternalLinkStringsFromDescriptors,
   isExternalLinkContext,
-  isExternalLinkSpec,
   isExternalLinkStyle,
 } from '#external-links';
 
@@ -82,13 +82,6 @@ export class Language extends Thing {
       update: {validate: (t) => typeof t === 'object'},
     },
 
-    // List of descriptors for providing to external link utilities when using
-    // language.formatExternalLink - refer to #external-links for info.
-    externalLinkSpec: {
-      flags: {update: true, expose: true},
-      update: {validate: isExternalLinkSpec},
-    },
-
     // Expose only
 
     isLanguage: [
@@ -648,10 +641,6 @@ export class Language extends Thing {
     style = 'platform',
     context = 'generic',
   } = {}) {
-    if (!this.externalLinkSpec) {
-      throw new TypeError(`externalLinkSpec unavailable`);
-    }
-
     // Null or undefined url is blank content.
     if (url === null || url === undefined) {
       return html.blank();
@@ -660,7 +649,7 @@ export class Language extends Thing {
     isExternalLinkContext(context);
 
     if (style === 'all') {
-      return getExternalLinkStringsFromDescriptors(url, this.externalLinkSpec, {
+      return getExternalLinkStringsFromDescriptors(url, externalLinkSpec, {
         language: this,
         context,
       });
@@ -669,7 +658,7 @@ export class Language extends Thing {
     isExternalLinkStyle(style);
 
     const result =
-      getExternalLinkStringOfStyleFromDescriptors(url, style, this.externalLinkSpec, {
+      getExternalLinkStringOfStyleFromDescriptors(url, style, externalLinkSpec, {
         language: this,
         context,
       });