diff --git a/babel.cfg b/babel.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 15cd6cb76..000000000
--- a/babel.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[python: **.py]
-
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 3938a5b22..c7c99185a 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ amqp==2.1.1
 appdirs==1.3.0
 asn1crypto==0.23.0
 astroid==1.3.8
-Babel==2.3.4
 beautifulsoup4==4.6.0
 cachetools==2.0.0
 cffi==1.7.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f7d00d49b..ca198ec6c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -46,17 +46,3 @@ oslo.policy.policies =
     neutron-vpnaas = neutron_vpnaas.policies:list_rules
 neutron.policies =
     neutron-vpnaas = neutron_vpnaas.policies:list_rules
-
-[extract_messages]
-keywords = _ gettext ngettext l_ lazy_gettext
-mapping_file = babel.cfg
-output_file = neutron_vpnaas/locale/neutron_vpnaas.pot
-
-[compile_catalog]
-directory = neutron_vpnaas/locale
-domain = neutron_vpnaas
-
-[update_catalog]
-domain = neutron_vpnaas
-output_dir = neutron_vpnaas/locale
-input_file = neutron_vpnaas/locale/neutron_vpnaas.pot