diff --git a/.storybook/main.js b/.storybook/main.js
index 81b7fdd96..eb21ffd6c 100644
--- a/.storybook/main.js
+++ b/.storybook/main.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 
 module.exports = {
   stories: [
-    '../{packages,packages-node}/*/README.md',
+    '../{packages,packages-node}/!(ajax)*/README.md',
     '../{packages,packages-node}/*/docs/*.md',
     '../{packages,packages-node}/*/docs/!(assets)**/*.md',
     '../packages/helpers/*/README.md',
diff --git a/packages/ajax/index.js b/packages/ajax/index.js
index bc539441a..54d09a030 100644
--- a/packages/ajax/index.js
+++ b/packages/ajax/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 export { ajax, setAjax } from './src/ajax.js';
 export { AjaxClient } from './src/AjaxClient.js';
+export { AjaxClientFetchError } from './src/AjaxClientFetchError.js';
 
 export {
   acceptLanguageRequestInterceptor,
   createXSRFRequestInterceptor,
+  getCookie,
 } from './src/interceptors.js';
diff --git a/packages/ajax/package.json b/packages/ajax/package.json
index 8a31e4a65..8d21214be 100644
--- a/packages/ajax/package.json
+++ b/packages/ajax/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@lion/ajax",
   "version": "0.5.15",
-  "description": "Thin wrapper around fetch.",
+  "description": "Thin wrapper around fetch with support for interceptors.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "ing-bank",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/ing-bank/lion/",
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "../../scripts/npm-prepublish.js",
     "test": "cd ../../ && npm run test:browser -- --group ajax"
   },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@lion/localize": "0.15.5"
-  },
   "keywords": [
     "ajax",
     "fetch",
@@ -41,5 +38,8 @@
   ],
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
+  },
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./index.js"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/ajax/src/interceptors.js b/packages/ajax/src/interceptors.js
index dc119226b..f0eb63be1 100644
--- a/packages/ajax/src/interceptors.js
+++ b/packages/ajax/src/interceptors.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { localize } from '@lion/localize';
-
 /**
  * @typedef {import('./AjaxClient').RequestInterceptor} RequestInterceptor
  */
@@ -21,7 +19,11 @@ export function getCookie(name, _document = document) {
  */
 export async function acceptLanguageRequestInterceptor(request) {
   if (!request.headers.has('accept-language')) {
-    request.headers.set('accept-language', localize.locale);
+    let locale = document.documentElement.lang || 'en';
+    if (document.documentElement.getAttribute('data-localize-lang')) {
+      locale = document.documentElement.getAttribute('data-localize-lang') || 'en';
+    }
+    request.headers.set('accept-language', locale);
   }
   return request;
 }
diff --git a/packages/ajax/test/AjaxClient.test.js b/packages/ajax/test/AjaxClient.test.js
index 75bb8771f..2db34abbd 100644
--- a/packages/ajax/test/AjaxClient.test.js
+++ b/packages/ajax/test/AjaxClient.test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { expect } from '@open-wc/testing';
 import { stub } from 'sinon';
-import { localize } from '@lion/localize';
-import { AjaxClient } from '../src/AjaxClient.js';
-import { AjaxClientFetchError } from '../src/AjaxClientFetchError.js';
+import { AjaxClient, AjaxClientFetchError } from '@lion/ajax';
 
 describe('AjaxClient', () => {
   /** @type {import('sinon').SinonStub} */
@@ -154,7 +152,7 @@ describe('AjaxClient', () => {
     it('is set by default based on localize.locale', async () => {
       await ajax.request('/foo');
       const request = fetchStub.getCall(0).args[0];
-      expect(request.headers.get('accept-language')).to.equal(localize.locale);
+      expect(request.headers.get('accept-language')).to.equal('en');
     });
 
     it('can be disabled', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/ajax/test/ajax.test.js b/packages/ajax/test/ajax.test.js
index 962ff13cc..289a886ef 100644
--- a/packages/ajax/test/ajax.test.js
+++ b/packages/ajax/test/ajax.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { expect } from '@open-wc/testing';
-import { ajax, setAjax } from '../src/ajax.js';
-import { AjaxClient } from '../src/AjaxClient.js';
+import { ajax, setAjax, AjaxClient } from '@lion/ajax';
 
 describe('ajax', () => {
   it('exports an instance of AjaxClient', () => {
diff --git a/packages/ajax/test/interceptors.test.js b/packages/ajax/test/interceptors.test.js
index 4f7327e09..b0350d0c2 100644
--- a/packages/ajax/test/interceptors.test.js
+++ b/packages/ajax/test/interceptors.test.js
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { expect } from '@open-wc/testing';
-import { localize } from '@lion/localize';
 import {
   createXSRFRequestInterceptor,
   getCookie,
   acceptLanguageRequestInterceptor,
-} from '../src/interceptors.js';
+} from '@lion/ajax';
 
 describe('interceptors', () => {
   describe('getCookie()', () => {
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ describe('interceptors', () => {
     it('adds the locale as accept-language header', () => {
       const request = new Request('/foo/');
       acceptLanguageRequestInterceptor(request);
-      expect(request.headers.get('accept-language')).to.equal(localize.locale);
+      expect(request.headers.get('accept-language')).to.equal('en');
     });
 
     it('does not change an existing accept-language header', () => {
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ describe('interceptors', () => {
       expect(request.headers.get('X-XSRF-TOKEN')).to.equal('foo');
     });
 
-    it('doesnt set anything if the cookie is not there', () => {
+    it('does not set anything if the cookie is not there', () => {
       const interceptor = createXSRFRequestInterceptor('XSRF-TOKEN', 'X-XSRF-TOKEN', {
         cookie: 'XXSRF-TOKEN=foo',
       });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a86b9534f..80788ca18 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1507,25 +1507,6 @@
   dependencies:
     vary "^1.1.2"
 
-"@lion/core@0.13.4":
-  version "0.13.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@lion/core/-/core-0.13.4.tgz#397f324c56d19f5fc84b9a774fe8169f1c002bb0"
-  integrity sha512-0wcW8WDACxH2LQNZgFG1IoPqrTxyGvusQxY+eXTUzw7rv7a/gYa0t/jh+l45NOlYfKdjyXQLWr121W+NCShqiQ==
-  dependencies:
-    "@open-wc/dedupe-mixin" "^1.2.18"
-    "@open-wc/scoped-elements" "^1.2.2"
-    lit-element "~2.4.0"
-    lit-html "^1.3.0"
-
-"@lion/localize@0.15.1":
-  version "0.15.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@lion/localize/-/localize-0.15.1.tgz#0b40f6cb1ecfbb6f56e0efa8c871c9338e5436ea"
-  integrity sha512-cjcE+XQlx4Ehs+rlsJEwD8xvJAki/q0yWtRwH6suuV7hrVpZeMMkOBFjvM07xQEUgzmdjo9FT9TWrsE/keR/RA==
-  dependencies:
-    "@bundled-es-modules/message-format" "6.0.4"
-    "@lion/core" "0.13.4"
-    singleton-manager "1.2.0"
-
 "@manypkg/find-root@^1.1.0":
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@manypkg/find-root/-/find-root-1.1.0.tgz#a62d8ed1cd7e7d4c11d9d52a8397460b5d4ad29f"
@@ -1848,7 +1829,7 @@
     "@open-wc/rollup-plugin-html" "^1.2.5"
     polyfills-loader "^1.7.5"
 
-"@open-wc/scoped-elements@^1.2.2", "@open-wc/scoped-elements@^1.2.4", "@open-wc/scoped-elements@^1.3.3":
+"@open-wc/scoped-elements@^1.2.4", "@open-wc/scoped-elements@^1.3.3":
   version "1.3.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@open-wc/scoped-elements/-/scoped-elements-1.3.3.tgz#fe008aef4d74fb00c553c900602960638fc1c7b0"
   integrity sha512-vFIQVYYjFw67odUE4JzZOpctnF7S/2DX+S+clrL3bQPql7HvEnV0wMFwOWUavQTuCJi0rfU8GTcNMiUybio+Yg==
@@ -10768,11 +10749,6 @@ simplebar@^4.2.3:
     lodash.throttle "^4.1.1"
     resize-observer-polyfill "^1.5.1"
 
-singleton-manager@1.2.0:
-  version "1.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/singleton-manager/-/singleton-manager-1.2.0.tgz#5f80f89bda3a49b926ce6f721c14abdd8bff067a"
-  integrity sha512-CJvFjCjO6rhAB+N10CJ3nlb6EbuoZv+TEA5y+91oGRHk0egtQJMTbDEUQBg6gw7ksrTgjMhg4RRngE1Km6diAQ==
-
 sinon-chai@^3.3.0:
   version "3.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sinon-chai/-/sinon-chai-3.5.0.tgz#c9a78304b0e15befe57ef68e8a85a00553f5c60e"