diff --git a/teckids-brief.lco b/teckids-brief.lco
index 336af9910e5d0f21fceb8ab2a453674b2bdccf9d..91b4b461b17a97e9d24023ef2386d553cc0c7ba1 100644
--- a/teckids-brief.lco
+++ b/teckids-brief.lco
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 \usepackage{tabularx}
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
 \usepackage{marvosym}
-\usepackage{ngerman}
-\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
+\usepackage[british,ngerman,shorthands=off,safe=none,math=normal,main=ngerman,headfoot=ngerman,hyphenmap=other*]{babel}%
 \usepackage{color}
 \usepackage{graphicx}
 \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
diff --git a/teckids.sty b/teckids.sty
index 1b25cda798b0e6d79d5d9770956970d4966d4e33..e42549ba0dde2fe56a992f0124594efbd0d22ddf 100644
--- a/teckids.sty
+++ b/teckids.sty
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@
 \RequirePackage{intcalc}
 
 \RequirePackage[utf8]{inputenc}
-\RequirePackage{ngerman}
-\RequirePackage[ngerman]{babel}
+\RequirePackage[british,ngerman,shorthands=off,safe=none,math=normal,main=ngerman,headfoot=ngerman,hyphenmap=other*]{babel}%
 \RequirePackage{color}
 \RequirePackage[T1]{fontenc}
 \RequirePackage{textcomp}