diff --git a/babel.cfg b/babel.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index efceab818..000000000
--- a/babel.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[python: **.py]
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index ea266fd60..18d44b5f7 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 alabaster==0.7.10
 appdirs==1.3.0
 astroid==1.6.2
-Babel==2.3.4
 coverage==4.0
 decorator==3.4.0
 docutils==0.11
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 561663f10..f4db11840 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
-Babel!=2.4.0,>=2.3.4 # BSD
 # NOTE(fdegir): NetworkX 2.3 dropped support for Python 2
 networkx>=1.10,<2.3;python_version<'3.0' # BSD
 networkx>=1.10;python_version>='3.4' # BSD
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c9c7785f9..a9f11edf7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -43,20 +43,6 @@ scripts =
 data_files =
     share/diskimage-builder/scripts = scripts/*
 
-[extract_messages]
-keywords = _ gettext ngettext l_ lazy_gettext
-mapping_file = babel.cfg
-output_file = diskimage_builder/locale/diskimage_builder.pot
-
-[update_catalog]
-domain = diskimage_builder
-output_dir = diskimage_builder/locale
-input_file = diskimage_builder/locale/diskimage_builder.pot
-
-[compile_catalog]
-directory = diskimage_builder/locale
-domain = diskimage_builder
-
 [wheel]
 universal = 1