diff --git a/admin/cli/install.php b/admin/cli/install.php
index 79ff0b7126d..38aa06e87d2 100644
--- a/admin/cli/install.php
+++ b/admin/cli/install.php
@@ -240,18 +240,8 @@ echo get_string('cliinstallheader', 'install', $CFG->target_release)."\n";
 if ($interactive) {
     cli_separator();
     $languages = get_string_manager()->get_list_of_translations();
-    // format the langs nicely - 3 per line
-    $c = 0;
-    $langlist = '';
-    foreach ($languages as $key=>$lang) {
-        $c++;
-        $length = iconv_strlen($lang, 'UTF-8');
-        $padded = $lang.str_repeat(' ', 38-$length);
-        $langlist .= $padded;
-        if ($c % 3 == 0) {
-            $langlist .= "\n";
-        }
-    }
+    // Do not put the langs into columns because it is not compatible with RTL.
+    $langlist = implode("\n", $languages);
     $default = $CFG->lang;
     cli_heading(get_string('availablelangs', 'install'));
     echo $langlist."\n";