diff --git a/app/javascript/src/answers/edit.js b/app/javascript/src/answers/edit.js
index 998aef1bc9..e996804ca0 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/answers/edit.js
+++ b/app/javascript/src/answers/edit.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
 import debounce from '../utils/debounce';
 import { updateSectionProgress, getQuestionDiv } from '../utils/sectionUpdate';
 import datePicker from '../utils/datePicker';
-import TimeagoFactory from '../utils/timeagoFactory.js.erb';
+import TimeagoFactory from '../utils/timeagoFactory';
 
 $(() => {
   if ($('form.form-answer').length > 0) {
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/notes/index.js b/app/javascript/src/notes/index.js
index 394aca9bf9..00666b8ac0 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/notes/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/src/notes/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { isObject, isString } from '../utils/isType';
-import TimeagoFactory from '../utils/timeagoFactory.js.erb';
+import TimeagoFactory from '../utils/timeagoFactory';
 
 $(() => {
   const defaultViewSelector = (questionId) => `#note_new${questionId}`;
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/utils/timeagoFactory.js b/app/javascript/src/utils/timeagoFactory.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7432101224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/src/utils/timeagoFactory.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import getConstant from './constants';
+import { format, register } from 'timeago.js';
+
+const TimeagoFactory = (() => {
+  const defaultLocale = 'en'
+
+  const convertTime = (currentLocale, el) => {
+    return format($(el).attr('datetime'), `${currentLocale}`);
+  };
+
+  return {
+    render: (el) => {
+      if (el.length > 1) {
+        // If we were passed an array of JQuery elements then handle each one
+        $(el).each((idx, e) => {
+          $(e).text(convertTime(defaultLocale, e));
+        });
+      } else {
+        $(el).text(convertTime(defaultLocale, el));
+      }
+    },
+  };
+})();
+
+export default TimeagoFactory;
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/utils/timeagoFactory.js.erb b/app/javascript/src/utils/timeagoFactory.js.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index ae2396670b..0000000000
--- a/app/javascript/src/utils/timeagoFactory.js.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-import getConstant from './constants';
-import { format, register } from 'timeago.js';
-
-// Dynamically register all of the available locales if they have a timeago file
-<% available = [] %>
-<% LocaleService.available_locales.each do |locale| %>
-  <% name = LocaleService.to_gettext(locale: locale) %>
-  <% if File.exist?("app/javascript/src/locale/#{name}/timeago.js") %>
-    <% available << name %>
-    import <%= name %> from '../locale/<%= name %>/timeago';
-  <% else %>
-    // Issue warnings about the missing Timeago file for the locale
-    <% Rails.logger.warn "Warning, no Timeago JS for #{name}" %>
-    console.log('No Timeago registered for <%= name %>');
-  <% end %>
-<% end %>
-
-const TimeagoFactory = (() => {
-  // Register all of the locales with Timeago
-  <% available.each do |locale| %>
-    register('<%= locale %>', <%= locale %>);
-  <% end %>
-
-  const defaultLocale = '<%= LocaleService.to_gettext(locale: LocaleService.default_locale) %>'
-
-  const convertTime = (currentLocale, el) => {
-    return format($(el).attr('datetime'), `${currentLocale}`);
-  };
-
-  return {
-    render: (el) => {
-      const currentLocale = getConstant('CURRENT_LOCALE') || defaultLocale;
-
-      if (el.length > 1) {
-        // If we were passed an array of JQuery elements then handle each one
-        $(el).each((idx, e) => {
-          $(e).text(convertTime(currentLocale, e));
-        });
-      } else {
-        $(el).text(convertTime(currentLocale, el));
-      }
-    },
-  };
-})();
-
-export default TimeagoFactory;