diff --git a/src/app/shared/lang-switch/lang-switch.component.html b/src/app/shared/lang-switch/lang-switch.component.html
index 6daba932b8d..90ff4761336 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/lang-switch/lang-switch.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/lang-switch/lang-switch.component.html
@@ -1,29 +1,32 @@
 @if (moreThanOneLanguage) {
-  <div ngbDropdown class="navbar-nav" display="dynamic" placement="bottom-right">
-    <button role="button"
-            [attr.aria-label]="'nav.language' |translate"
-            aria-controls="language-menu-list"
-            aria-haspopup="menu"
-            class="dropdown-toggle btn btn-link px-0"
-            [title]="'nav.language' | translate"
-            (click)="$event.preventDefault()" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" ngbDropdownToggle
-            data-test="lang-switch"
-            tabindex="0">
-      <i class="fas fa-globe-asia fa-lg fa-fw"></i>
-    </button>
-    <div ngbDropdownMenu class="dropdown-menu" [attr.aria-label]="'nav.language' |translate" id="language-menu-list"
-         role="listbox">
-      @for (lang of translate.getLangs(); track lang) {
-        <div class="dropdown-item" tabindex="0"
-             role="option"
-             [lang]="lang"
-             (keyup.enter)="useLang(lang)"
-             (click)="useLang(lang)"
-             [attr.aria-selected]="lang === translate.getCurrentLang()"
-             [class.active]="lang === translate.getCurrentLang()">
-          {{ langLabel(lang) }}
-        </div>
-      }
+  <!-- Not rendered during SSR: the switch is only useful to interactive human users -->
+  @defer {
+    <div ngbDropdown class="navbar-nav" display="dynamic" placement="bottom-right">
+      <button role="button"
+              [attr.aria-label]="'nav.language' |translate"
+              aria-controls="language-menu-list"
+              aria-haspopup="menu"
+              class="dropdown-toggle btn btn-link px-0"
+              [title]="'nav.language' | translate"
+              (click)="$event.preventDefault()" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" ngbDropdownToggle
+              data-test="lang-switch"
+              tabindex="0">
+        <i class="fas fa-globe-asia fa-lg fa-fw"></i>
+      </button>
+      <div ngbDropdownMenu class="dropdown-menu" [attr.aria-label]="'nav.language' |translate" id="language-menu-list"
+           role="listbox">
+        @for (lang of translate.getLangs(); track lang) {
+          <div class="dropdown-item" tabindex="0"
+               role="option"
+               [lang]="lang"
+               (keyup.enter)="useLang(lang)"
+               (click)="useLang(lang)"
+               [attr.aria-selected]="lang === translate.getCurrentLang()"
+               [class.active]="lang === translate.getCurrentLang()">
+            {{ langLabel(lang) }}
+          </div>
+        }
+      </div>
     </div>
-  </div>
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/lang-switch/lang-switch.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/lang-switch/lang-switch.component.spec.ts
index 5d864de0c9d..cf40c8278b7 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/lang-switch/lang-switch.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/lang-switch/lang-switch.component.spec.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from '@angular/core';
 import {
   ComponentFixture,
+  DeferBlockState,
   TestBed,
   waitForAsync,
 } from '@angular/core/testing';
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ describe('LangSwitchComponent', () => {
           provideHttpClientTesting(),
         ],
       }).compileComponents()
-        .then(() => {
+        .then(async () => {
           translate = TestBed.inject(TranslateService);
           translate.addLangs(mockConfig.languages.filter((langConfig: LangConfig) => langConfig.active === true).map((a) => a.code));
           translate.setFallbackLang('en');
@@ -103,6 +104,9 @@ describe('LangSwitchComponent', () => {
           de = fixture.debugElement;
           langSwitchElement = de.nativeElement;
           fixture.detectChanges();
+          // The language dropdown is wrapped in a @defer block (not rendered during SSR), so we need to render it explicitly
+          const deferBlock = await fixture.getDeferBlocks();
+          await deferBlock[0].render(DeferBlockState.Complete);
         });
     }));