diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/embedding-setting.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/embedding-setting.js.es6
index 039e5d5dc..f1d31fcf6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/embedding-setting.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/embedding-setting.js.es6
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
   @computed('field')
   inputId(field) { return field.dasherize(); },
 
-  @computed('placeholder')
-  placeholderValue(placeholder) {
-    return placeholder ? I18n.t(placeholder) : null;
-  },
-
   @computed('field')
   translationKey(field) { return `admin.embedding.${field}`; },
 
@@ -21,7 +16,7 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
   checked: {
     get(value) { return !!value; },
     set(value) {
-      this.set('value', value); 
+      this.set('value', value);
       return value;
     }
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/components/embedding-setting.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/components/embedding-setting.hbs
index e3a99c320..eb63c40af 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/components/embedding-setting.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/components/embedding-setting.hbs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   </label>
 {{else}}
   <label for={{inputId}}>{{i18n translationKey}}</label>
-  {{input value=value id=inputId placeholder=placeholderValue}}
+  {{input value=value id=inputId placeholder=placeholder}}
 {{/if}}
 
 <div class='clearfix'></div>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/embedding.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/embedding.hbs
index d41970fb8..30f279105 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/embedding.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/embedding.hbs
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
 
     {{embedding-setting field="embed_whitelist_selector"
                         value=embedding.embed_whitelist_selector
-                        placeholder="admin.embedding.whitelist_example"}}
+                        placeholder="article, #story, .post"}}
 
     {{embedding-setting field="embed_blacklist_selector"
                         value=embedding.embed_blacklist_selector
-                        placeholder="admin.embedding.blacklist_example"}}
+                        placeholder=".ad-unit, header"}}
   </div>
 
   <div class='embedding-secondary'>
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 64cec34cb..aa3fdaeb6 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -2607,9 +2607,7 @@ en:
         embed_username_key_from_feed: "Key to pull discourse username from feed"
         embed_truncate: "Truncate the embedded posts"
         embed_whitelist_selector: "CSS selector for elements that are allowed in embeds"
-        whitelist_example: "article, #story, .post"
         embed_blacklist_selector: "CSS selector for elements that are removed from embeds"
-        blacklist_example: ".ad-unit, header"
         feed_polling_enabled: "Import posts via RSS/ATOM"
         feed_polling_url: "URL of RSS/ATOM feed to crawl"
         save: "Save Embedding Settings"