diff --git a/Classes/Service/VisibilityService.php b/Classes/Service/VisibilityService.php
index a637a53144ee8e132ad61de6e1ab83ba4a923867..24cd4fc558023ccd2bcb86f5f46be94ef1233cd3 100644
--- a/Classes/Service/VisibilityService.php
+++ b/Classes/Service/VisibilityService.php
@@ -348,14 +348,12 @@ class VisibilityService implements SingletonInterface {
 		if ($this->cachedDefaultVisibilityForElements === NULL) {
 			$queryBuilder = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)
 				->getConnectionForTable('sys_language');
-			$results = $queryBuilder->prepare(
-				'SELECT uid, tx_languagevisibility_defaultvisibilityel FROM sys_language'
-			);
+			$results = $queryBuilder->prepare('SELECT uid FROM sys_language');
 
 			$this->cachedDefaultVisibilityForElements[0] = 'fallback';
 			if ($results->execute()) {
 				foreach ($results->fetchAll() as $entry) {
-					$this->cachedDefaultVisibilityForElements[$entry['uid']] = $entry['tx_languagevisibility_defaultvisibilityel'];
+					$this->cachedDefaultVisibilityForElements[$entry['uid']] = 'active';
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -376,19 +374,15 @@ class VisibilityService implements SingletonInterface {
 	 * @throws DBALException
 	 */
 	protected function getDefaultVisibilityForPagesByLanguage($languageUid): string {
-
 		if ($this->cachedDefaultVisibilityForPages === NULL) {
 			$queryBuilder = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)
 				->getConnectionForTable('sys_language');
-			$results = $queryBuilder->prepare(
-				'SELECT uid, tx_languagevisibility_defaultvisibility FROM sys_language'
-			);
+			$results = $queryBuilder->prepare('SELECT uid FROM sys_language');
 
 			$this->cachedDefaultVisibilityForPages[0] = 'fallback';
 			if ($results->execute()) {
 				foreach ($results->fetchAll() as $entry) {
-
-					$this->cachedDefaultVisibilityForPages[$entry['uid']] = $entry['tx_languagevisibility_defaultvisibility'];
+					$this->cachedDefaultVisibilityForPages[$entry['uid']] = 'active';
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/Configuration/TCA/Overrides/sys_language.php b/Configuration/TCA/Overrides/sys_language.php
deleted file mode 100644
index db991fbd3e1bb3d6195530daf2804ef07da37f21..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Configuration/TCA/Overrides/sys_language.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- *
- * Copyright notice
- *
- * (c) sgalinski Internet Services (https://www.sgalinski.de)
- *
- * All rights reserved
- *
- * This script is part of the TYPO3 project. The TYPO3 project is
- * free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * The GNU General Public License can be found at
- * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
- *
- * This script is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
- */
-
-call_user_func(
-	static function ($extKey, $table) {
-		$tempColumns = [
-			'tx_languagevisibility_defaultvisibility' => [
-				'exclude' => 0,
-				'label' => 'LLL:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:' . $table . '.tx_languagevisibility_defaultvisibility',
-				'config' => [
-					'type' => 'select',
-					'renderType' => 'selectSingle',
-					'items' => [
-						['LLL:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_languagevisibility_visibility.I.active', 'active'],
-						['LLL:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_languagevisibility_visibility.I.translated', 'translated'],
-						['LLL:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_languagevisibility_visibility.I.fallback', 'fallback'],
-						['LLL:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_languagevisibility_visibility.I.enforce', 'enforce'],
-						['LLL:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_languagevisibility_visibility.I.inactive', 'inactive'],
-					],
-					'default' => 'fallback',
-					'size' => 1,
-					'maxitems' => 1,
-				]
-			],
-			'tx_languagevisibility_defaultvisibilityel' => [
-				'exclude' => 0,
-				'label' => 'LLL:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:' . $table . '.tx_languagevisibility_defaultvisibilityel',
-				'config' => [
-					'type' => 'select',
-					'renderType' => 'selectSingle',
-					'items' => [
-						['LLL:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_languagevisibility_visibility.I.active', 'active'],
-						['LLL:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_languagevisibility_visibility.I.translated', 'translated'],
-						['LLL:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_languagevisibility_visibility.I.fallback', 'fallback'],
-						['LLL:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_languagevisibility_visibility.I.enforce', 'enforce'],
-						['LLL:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_languagevisibility_visibility.I.inactive', 'inactive'],
-					],
-					'default' => 'fallback',
-					'size' => 1,
-					'maxitems' => 1,
-				]
-			],
-		];
-
-		\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::addTCAcolumns($table, $tempColumns);
-		\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::addToAllTCAtypes(
-			$table, 'tx_languagevisibility_defaultvisibility, tx_languagevisibility_defaultvisibilityel'
-		);
-	}, 'languagevisibility', 'sys_language'
-);
diff --git a/Resources/Private/Language/de.locallang_db.xlf b/Resources/Private/Language/de.locallang_db.xlf
index 162ab511e672b8a43e0022c1609b7cd551d0f1e7..8a17c451b0404dcece3e6981ba58e99df7905416 100644
--- a/Resources/Private/Language/de.locallang_db.xlf
+++ b/Resources/Private/Language/de.locallang_db.xlf
@@ -59,14 +59,6 @@
 				<source>OK</source>
 				<target>OK</target>
 			</trans-unit>
-			<trans-unit id="sys_language.tx_languagevisibility_defaultvisibility" approved="yes">
-				<source>default visibility for pages</source>
-				<target>Standard-Sichtbarkeit für Seiten</target>
-			</trans-unit>
-			<trans-unit id="sys_language.tx_languagevisibility_defaultvisibilityel" approved="yes">
-				<source>default visibility for other elements</source>
-				<target>Standard-Sichtbarkeit für Elemente</target>
-			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="tabname" approved="yes">
 				<source>Language</source>
 				<target>Sprache</target>
diff --git a/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf b/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf
index a92c8fb8ac38a04735835c02c9ebb77cc4d7b2bc..0f5f5a55fe2fb839be41e09a131594550871c490 100644
--- a/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf
+++ b/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@
 			<trans-unit id="reports.ok.value">
 				<source>OK</source>
 			</trans-unit>
-			<trans-unit id="sys_language.tx_languagevisibility_defaultvisibility">
-				<source>default visibility for pages</source>
-			</trans-unit>
-			<trans-unit id="sys_language.tx_languagevisibility_defaultvisibilityel">
-				<source>default visibility for other elements</source>
-			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="tabname">
 				<source>Language</source>
 			</trans-unit>
diff --git a/ext_tables.sql b/ext_tables.sql
index 6b5286a1dca2a86306766364a62aac9a0db7254f..30d2e92b696db1eda7f64abf73eb469b1e8de3c4 100644
--- a/ext_tables.sql
+++ b/ext_tables.sql
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Table structure for table 'sys_language'
-#
-CREATE TABLE sys_language (
-	tx_languagevisibility_defaultvisibility varchar(11) DEFAULT 'translated' NOT NULL,
-	tx_languagevisibility_defaultvisibilityel varchar(11) DEFAULT 'translated' NOT NULL
-);
-
 #
 # Table structure for table 'pages'
 #