diff --git a/app/jobs/articles/detect_human_language_job.rb b/app/jobs/articles/detect_human_language_job.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index fa4b32928..000000000
--- a/app/jobs/articles/detect_human_language_job.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-module Articles
-  class DetectHumanLanguageJob < ApplicationJob
-    queue_as :articles_detect_human_language
-
-    def perform(article_id)
-      article = Article.find_by(id: article_id)
-      return unless article
-
-      article.update_column(:language, LanguageDetector.new(article).detect)
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index 14be0840a..5e9e19b55 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ class Article < ApplicationRecord
   def detect_human_language
     return if language.present?
 
-    Articles::DetectHumanLanguageJob.perform_later(id)
+    update_column(:language, LanguageDetector.new(self).detect)
   end
 
   def async_score_calc
diff --git a/spec/jobs/articles/detect_human_language_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/articles/detect_human_language_job_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index c314e2973..000000000
--- a/spec/jobs/articles/detect_human_language_job_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-require "rails_helper"
-
-RSpec.describe Articles::DetectHumanLanguageJob, type: :job do
-  include_examples "#enqueues_job", "articles_detect_human_language", [1]
-
-  describe "#perform_now" do
-    context "with article" do
-      let_it_be(:article) { create(:article) }
-
-      it "updates article language with detected language" do
-        described_class.perform_now(article.id)
-
-        expect(article.language).to eql("en")
-      end
-    end
-
-    context "without aritcle" do
-      it "does not error" do
-        expect { described_class.perform_now(nil) }.not_to raise_error
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/models/article_spec.rb b/spec/models/article_spec.rb
index 6c0727bbc..cc05cc68c 100644
--- a/spec/models/article_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/article_spec.rb
@@ -612,18 +612,25 @@ RSpec.describe Article, type: :model do
     end
 
     describe "detect human language" do
+      let(:language_detector) { instance_double(LanguageDetector) }
+
+      before do
+        allow(LanguageDetector).to receive(:new).and_return(language_detector)
+        allow(language_detector).to receive(:detect)
+      end
+
       it "calls the human language detector" do
         article.language = ""
-        assert_enqueued_with(job: Articles::DetectHumanLanguageJob) do
-          article.save
-        end
+        article.save
+
+        expect(language_detector).to have_received(:detect)
       end
 
       it "does not call the human language detector if there is already a language" do
         article.language = "en"
-        assert_no_enqueued_jobs(only: Articles::DetectHumanLanguageJob) do
-          article.save
-        end
+        article.save
+
+        expect(language_detector).not_to have_received(:detect)
       end
     end
   end