Fixed in https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/30716

Merged

Change was reverted. That wasn't the fix we wanted - we were seeing the existing language in the list.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/31315

The above patch hides the empty list. I'm not sure how to show English on simple Wiki - it seems that $wgLanguageCode for simple wiki is 'en' so it is currently being hidden. Is there something else we can test against (e.g. check if the variant is the same?)

I hate to suggest this, but we could special case simplewiki/enwiki and also check $wgSitename. Are there are other WMF projects that have this same problem (multiple language subdomains that actually share $wgLanguageCode)?

(In reply to comment #6)

I hate to suggest this, but we could special case simplewiki/enwiki and also
check $wgSitename. Are there are other WMF projects that have this same problem
(multiple language subdomains that actually share $wgLanguageCode)?

None other than en/simple.

I smell a hack coming on...

This appears to have fixed itself. Don't you love it when that happens? I suspect the variant changes from jgonera fixed this.