diff --git a/modeltranslation/static/modeltranslation/js/tabbed_translation_fields.js b/modeltranslation/static/modeltranslation/js/tabbed_translation_fields.js
index fce89337..d21b5989 100644
--- a/modeltranslation/static/modeltranslation/js/tabbed_translation_fields.js
+++ b/modeltranslation/static/modeltranslation/js/tabbed_translation_fields.js
@@ -375,11 +375,7 @@ var google, django, gettext;
                 var self = this;
                 this.$select.change(function () {
                     $.each(tabs, function (idx, tab) {
-                        try { //jquery ui => 1.10 api changed, we keep backward compatibility
-                            tab.tabs('select', parseInt(self.$select.val(), 10));
-                        } catch(e) {
-                            tab.tabs('option', 'active', parseInt(self.$select.val(), 10));
-                        }
+                      tab.tabs('option', 'active', parseInt(self.$select.val(), 10));
                     });
                 });
             },
@@ -387,11 +383,7 @@ var google, django, gettext;
             activateTab: function(tabs) {
                 var self = this;
                 $.each(tabs, function (idx, tab) {
-                    try { //jquery ui => 1.10 api changed, we keep backward compatibility
-                        tab.tabs('select', parseInt(self.$select.val(), 10));
-                    } catch(e) {
-                        tab.tabs('option', 'active', parseInt(self.$select.val(), 10));
-                    }
+                  tab.tabs('option', 'active', parseInt(self.$select.val(), 10));
                 });
             }
         };