diff --git a/scripts/travis/build.sh b/scripts/travis/build.sh
index df192d70b2..a353e38a06 100755
--- a/scripts/travis/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis/build.sh
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ ln -s "$REACT_SDK_DIR/node_modules/matrix-js-sdk" node_modules/matrix-js-sdk
 rm -r node_modules/matrix-react-sdk
 ln -s "$REACT_SDK_DIR" node_modules/matrix-react-sdk
 
-RIOT_LANGUAGES_FILE="../riot-web/webapp/i18n/languages.json" npm run build
+npm run build
 popd
diff --git a/src/languageHandler.js b/src/languageHandler.js
index 7c1a47fed9..bc2bd429b5 100644
--- a/src/languageHandler.js
+++ b/src/languageHandler.js
@@ -338,8 +338,8 @@ export function getCurrentLanguage() {
 
 function getLangsJson() {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        // LANGUAGES_FILE is a webpack compile-time define, see webpack config
-        const url = (typeof LANGUAGES_FILE === "string") ? require(LANGUAGES_FILE) : (i18nFolder + 'languages.json');
+        // Webapp is a webpack resolve alias pointing to the output directory, see webpack config
+        const url = require('Webapp/i18n/languages.json');
         request(
             { method: "GET", url },
             (err, response, body) => {