diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 6adc71f8..f8ce3650 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ def _get_intent_data(self, message: Message) -> WeatherIntent:
 
     def _get_weather_config(self, message=None):
         sess = SessionManager.get(message)
-        cfg = {"lang": sess. lang,
+        cfg = {"lang": sess.lang,
                "system_unit": sess.system_unit,
                "location": sess.location_preferences,
                "date_format": sess.date_format,
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d30bfacf..3302a84a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 requests>=2.31.0
 pytz
-ovos-utils>=0.0.28
+ovos-utils>=0.4.0,<1.0.0
 ovos-workshop>=2.2.0,<3.0.0
 ovos-number-parser>=0.0.1,<1.0.0
 ovos-date-parser>=0.0.2,<1.0.0
 ovos-utterance-normalizer>=0.0.1,<1.0.0
-ovos-backend-client>=1.0.1,<2.0.0
diff --git a/weather_helpers/intent.py b/weather_helpers/intent.py
index a0b9497a..c0051548 100644
--- a/weather_helpers/intent.py
+++ b/weather_helpers/intent.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def geolocation(self):
             if self.location is None:
                 self._geolocation = dict()
             else:
-                self._geolocation = get_geolocation(self.location)
+                self._geolocation = get_geolocation(self.location, lang=self.config.lang)
         return self._geolocation
 
     @property
diff --git a/weather_helpers/util.py b/weather_helpers/util.py
index 3cdb4762..fa7761b5 100644
--- a/weather_helpers/util.py
+++ b/weather_helpers/util.py
@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 """Utility functions for the weather skill."""
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, tzinfo
-from typing import List
 from itertools import islice
+from typing import List
 
 import pytz
-
-from ovos_date_parser import  nice_date, extract_datetime
-from ovos_backend_client.api import GeolocationApi
+from ovos_date_parser import nice_date, extract_datetime
+from ovos_utils.geolocation import get_geolocation as _get_geo
 from ovos_utils.time import now_local, to_local
 
 
@@ -83,11 +82,12 @@ def get_tz_info(timezone: str) -> tzinfo:
     return pytz.timezone(timezone)
 
 
-def get_geolocation(location: str):
+def get_geolocation(location: str, lang: str = "en"):
     """Retrieve the geolocation information about the requested location.
 
     Args:
         location: a location specified in the utterance
+        lang: lang to return country/region in
 
     Returns:
         A deserialized JSON object containing geolocation information for the
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ def get_geolocation(location: str):
     Raises:
         LocationNotFound error if the API returns no results.
     """
-    geolocation_api = GeolocationApi()
-    geolocation = geolocation_api.get_geolocation(location)
+    geolocation = _get_geo(location, lang=lang)
 
     if geolocation is None:
         raise LocationNotFoundError(f"Location {location} is unknown")
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ def get_geolocation(location: str):
     return {
         "city": geolocation["city"]["name"],
         "region": geolocation["city"]["state"]["name"],
-        "country":  geolocation["city"]["state"]["country"]["name"],
+        "country": geolocation["city"]["state"]["country"]["name"],
         "latitude": geolocation["coordinate"]["latitude"],
         "longitude": geolocation["coordinate"]["longitude"],
         "timezone": geolocation["timezone"]["code"]