diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index fdf0bb351e8c..b47b1caf30ab 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module.exports = {
       "babel"
     ],
     globals: {
-        LANGUAGES_FILE: "readonly",
+        LANGUAGES_INDEX_URL: "readonly",
     },
     env: {
         es6: true,
diff --git a/src/languageHandler.js b/src/languageHandler.js
index 33f703c204ac..4d52853f5e62 100644
--- a/src/languageHandler.js
+++ b/src/languageHandler.js
@@ -338,9 +338,9 @@ export function getCurrentLanguage() {
 
 function getLangsJson() {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        // LANGUAGES_FILE is a webpack compile-time define, see webpack config
+        // LANGUAGES_INDEX_URL is a webpack compile-time define, see webpack config
         request(
-            { method: "GET", url: require(LANGUAGES_FILE) },
+            { method: "GET", url: LANGUAGES_INDEX_URL },
             (err, response, body) => {
                 if (err || response.status < 200 || response.status >= 300) {
                     reject({err: err, response: response});
diff --git a/test/i18n-test/languageHandler-test.js b/test/i18n-test/languageHandler-test.js
index ce9f8e1684d8..0c45fd5e7aac 100644
--- a/test/i18n-test/languageHandler-test.js
+++ b/test/i18n-test/languageHandler-test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const React = require('react');
 const expect = require('expect');
 import * as languageHandler from '../../src/languageHandler';
+global.LANGUAGES_INDEX_URL = "i18n/languages.json";
 
 const testUtils = require('../test-utils');