diff --git a/texmf/tex/latex/astron/astron.cls b/texmf/tex/latex/astron/astron.cls
index 8ab2fa7c1e3daba5cfcb0329b212c88f95feb988..2de310832598ec2899580a49bbe036b889451755 100644
--- a/texmf/tex/latex/astron/astron.cls
+++ b/texmf/tex/latex/astron/astron.cls
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
 \ProvidesClass{astron}[ASTRON document class]
 
-\LoadClass[a4paper,12pt,twoside,english]{article}
+\LoadClass[a4paper,12pt,twoside]{article}
 
 \RequirePackage{graphicx}
 \RequirePackage{geometry}
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
 \RequirePackage[english]{babel}
 \RequirePackage{fancyhdr}
 \RequirePackage{lastpage}
-\RequirePackage{array}
-\RequirePackage{eurosym}
-\RequirePackage{tabulary}
-\RequirePackage{rotfloat}
-%\usepackage{multirow}
-\RequirePackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}
 \RequirePackage{longtable}
 \RequirePackage[absolute]{textpos}
 \RequirePackage{tabularx}