diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.admin.inc b/core/modules/node/node.admin.inc
index e197f60..9cb5672 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.admin.inc
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ function node_filters() {
     ) + node_type_get_names(),
   );
 
-  // Language filter if the site is multilingual.
-  if (language_multilingual()) {
+  // Language filter if language support is present.
+  if (module_exists('language')) {
     $languages = language_list(TRUE);
     $language_options = array(LANGUAGE_NONE => t('- None -'));
     foreach ($languages as $langcode => $language) {
@@ -433,9 +433,8 @@ function node_admin_nodes() {
     '#submit' => array('node_admin_nodes_submit'),
   );
 
-  // Enable language column if translation module is enabled or if we have any
-  // node with language.
-  $multilanguage = (module_exists('translation') || db_query_range("SELECT 1 FROM {node} WHERE language <> :language", 0, 1, array(':language' => LANGUAGE_NONE))->fetchField());
+  // Enable language column if language functionality is on.
+  $language_enabled = module_exists('language');
 
   // Build the sortable table header.
   $header = array(
@@ -445,7 +444,7 @@ function node_admin_nodes() {
     'status' => array('data' => t('Status'), 'field' => 'n.status'),
     'changed' => array('data' => t('Updated'), 'field' => 'n.changed', 'sort' => 'desc')
   );
-  if ($multilanguage) {
+  if ($language_enabled) {
     $header['language_name'] = array('data' => t('Language'), 'field' => 'n.language');
   }
   $header['operations'] = array('data' => t('Operations'));
@@ -497,7 +496,7 @@ function node_admin_nodes() {
       'status' => $node->status ? t('published') : t('not published'),
       'changed' => format_date($node->changed, 'short'),
     );
-    if ($multilanguage) {
+    if ($language_enabled) {
       $options[$node->nid]['language_name'] = language_name($node->language);
     }
     // Build a list of all the accessible operations for the current node.