diff --git a/l10n/en-US/viewer.ftl b/l10n/en-US/viewer.ftl
index 67be5cd587d21..f102f7790f568 100644
--- a/l10n/en-US/viewer.ftl
+++ b/l10n/en-US/viewer.ftl
@@ -348,9 +348,9 @@ pdfjs-editor-free-highlight-thickness-input = Thickness
 pdfjs-editor-free-highlight-thickness-title =
     .title = Change thickness when highlighting items other than text
 
-pdfjs-free-text =
+pdfjs-free-text2 =
     .aria-label = Text Editor
-pdfjs-free-text-default-content = Start typing…
+    .default-content = Start typing…
 pdfjs-ink =
     .aria-label = Draw Editor
 pdfjs-ink-canvas =
diff --git a/src/display/editor/editor.js b/src/display/editor/editor.js
index e4d3c21521386..d345c21a9befb 100644
--- a/src/display/editor/editor.js
+++ b/src/display/editor/editor.js
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class AnnotationEditor {
    * Initialize the l10n stuff for this type of editor.
    * @param {Object} l10n
    */
-  static initialize(l10n, _uiManager, options) {
+  static initialize(l10n, _uiManager) {
     AnnotationEditor._l10nResizer ||= Object.freeze({
       topLeft: "pdfjs-editor-resizer-top-left",
       topMiddle: "pdfjs-editor-resizer-top-middle",
@@ -236,11 +236,6 @@ class AnnotationEditor {
       ].map(str => [str, l10n.get.bind(l10n, str)]),
     ]);
 
-    if (options?.strings) {
-      for (const str of options.strings) {
-        AnnotationEditor._l10nPromise.set(str, l10n.get(str));
-      }
-    }
     if (AnnotationEditor._borderLineWidth !== -1) {
       return;
     }
diff --git a/src/display/editor/freetext.js b/src/display/editor/freetext.js
index 3977f9e62620d..0e1f1d435f63c 100644
--- a/src/display/editor/freetext.js
+++ b/src/display/editor/freetext.js
@@ -139,9 +139,7 @@ class FreeTextEditor extends AnnotationEditor {
 
   /** @inheritdoc */
   static initialize(l10n, uiManager) {
-    AnnotationEditor.initialize(l10n, uiManager, {
-      strings: ["pdfjs-free-text-default-content"],
-    });
+    AnnotationEditor.initialize(l10n, uiManager);
     const style = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement);
 
     if (typeof PDFJSDev === "undefined" || PDFJSDev.test("TESTING")) {
@@ -563,12 +561,10 @@ class FreeTextEditor extends AnnotationEditor {
     this.editorDiv.className = "internal";
 
     this.editorDiv.setAttribute("id", this.#editorDivId);
-    this.editorDiv.setAttribute("data-l10n-id", "pdfjs-free-text");
+    this.editorDiv.setAttribute("data-l10n-id", "pdfjs-free-text2");
+    this.editorDiv.setAttribute("data-l10n-attrs", "default-content");
     this.enableEditing();
 
-    AnnotationEditor._l10nPromise
-      .get("pdfjs-free-text-default-content")
-      .then(msg => this.editorDiv?.setAttribute("default-content", msg));
     this.editorDiv.contentEditable = true;
 
     const { style } = this.editorDiv;