diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 17a2f0606..9d2f647e2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -31,16 +31,3 @@ data_files =
 tag_build =
 tag_date = 0
 tag_svn_revision = 0
-
-[compile_catalog]
-directory = os_brick/locale
-domain = os_brick
-
-[update_catalog]
-domain = os_brick
-output_dir = os_brick/locale
-input_file = os_brick/locale/os-brick.pot
-
-[extract_messages]
-keywords = _ gettext ngettext l_ lazy_gettext
-output_file = os_brick/locale/os-brick.pot