diff --git a/scanner/providers/implementations/themoviedatabase.py b/scanner/providers/implementations/themoviedatabase.py
index db7ad060..93bdc8f5 100644
--- a/scanner/providers/implementations/themoviedatabase.py
+++ b/scanner/providers/implementations/themoviedatabase.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from logging import getLogger
 from typing import Awaitable, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Any, TypeVar
 from itertools import accumulate, zip_longest
 
-from providers.utils import ProviderError, get_iso_639_1_codes
+from providers.utils import ProviderError
 from matcher.cache import cache
 
 from ..provider import Provider
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ class TheMovieDatabase(Provider):
 		if len(search_results) == 0:
 			raise ProviderError(f"No result for a movie named: {name}")
 		search = self.get_best_result(search_results, name, year)
-		return await self.identify_movie(search["id"])
+		return await self.identify_movie(search["id"], original_language=search["original_language"])
 
-	async def identify_movie(self, movie_id: str) -> Movie:
+	async def identify_movie(self, movie_id: str, original_language: str) -> Movie:
 		languages = self.get_languages()
 
 		async def for_language(lng: str) -> Movie:
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class TheMovieDatabase(Provider):
 				params={
 					"language": lng,
 					"append_to_response": "alternative_titles,videos,credits,keywords,images",
-					"include_image_language": f"{lng_iso639_1},{','.join(get_iso_639_1_codes())},null",
+					"include_image_language": f"{lng_iso639_1},null,{original_language}",
 				},
 			)
 			logger.debug("TMDb responded: %s", movie)
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class TheMovieDatabase(Provider):
 				params={
 					"language": lng,
 					"append_to_response": "alternative_titles,videos,credits,keywords,images,external_ids",
-					"include_image_language": f"{lng_iso639_1},{','.join(get_iso_639_1_codes())},null",
+					"include_image_language": f"{lng_iso639_1},null,en",
 				},
 			)
 			logger.debug("TMDb responded: %s", show)
diff --git a/scanner/providers/utils.py b/scanner/providers/utils.py
index 79bbaeba..c8fae98d 100644
--- a/scanner/providers/utils.py
+++ b/scanner/providers/utils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import os
 from datetime import date
 from itertools import chain
-from langcodes import Language, LANGUAGE_ALPHA3
+from langcodes import Language
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, Any, Optional
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 	from providers.types.episode import Episode
 	from providers.types.collection import Collection
 
-def get_iso_639_1_codes() -> list[str]:
-	return [code for code in LANGUAGE_ALPHA3.keys() if len(code) == 2]
-
 def format_date(date: date | int | None) -> str | None:
 	if date is None:
 		return None