diff --git a/block_hshcourselist.php b/block_hshcourselist.php
index 5186ed9135a7c491eaa3ec5f8c7e96169ac27fe2..720cd0ec61b5634c9bafc322f2dbf90b1015b5e7 100644
--- a/block_hshcourselist.php
+++ b/block_hshcourselist.php
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class block_hshcourselist extends block_base {
         // Set placeholder.
         if ($this->config->placeholder) {
             $placeholder = format_text($this->config->placeholder, FORMAT_HTML);
+
         } else {
             $placeholder = "";
         }
@@ -130,14 +131,6 @@ class block_hshcourselist extends block_base {
         $questionhsh .= html_writer::end_tag('a');
         $questionhsh .= html_writer::end_span();
 
-        $progressattrs = array(
-            'src' => $OUTPUT->image_url('i/loading_small', 'moodle'),
-            'class' => 'hshcourseprogress',
-            'id' => 'hshcourseprogress',
-            'alt' => get_string('loading', 'block_hshcourselist')
-        );
-        $progress = html_writer::empty_tag('img', $progressattrs);
-
         $formattrs = array(
             'id' => 'hshcourseform',
             'method' => 'post',
diff --git a/lang/en/block_hshcourselist.php b/lang/en/block_hshcourselist.php
index 1d554725ca1e0a58f98343abbefc416e83fc6007..d9024324b0d49992a523984ae70f30a684f69cea 100644
--- a/lang/en/block_hshcourselist.php
+++ b/lang/en/block_hshcourselist.php
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ $string['displayTwo'] = 'Course Shortname + Fullname';
 
 $string['orderbysemester'] = 'Aktuelle Kurse oben anzeigen';
 
-$string['loading'] = 'LOADING...';
-
 $string['idsearchinglabel'] = ">> Es wird nur nach Kurs-ID's gesucht. <<";
 
 $string['placeholder'] = "Placeholder for the searching field";