diff --git a/babel.cfg b/babel.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index efceab818b..0000000000
--- a/babel.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[python: **.py]
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index f16eca4184..840d32a8f6 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ amqp==2.1.1
 aodhclient==0.9.0
 appdirs==1.3.0
 asn1crypto==0.23.0
-Babel==2.3.4
 bandit==1.1.0
 cachetools==2.0.0
 cffi==1.7.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 273529b1ec..3502396f72 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -718,17 +718,3 @@ openstack.volume.v3 =
     volume_transfer_request_delete = openstackclient.volume.v2.volume_transfer_request:DeleteTransferRequest
     volume_transfer_request_list = openstackclient.volume.v2.volume_transfer_request:ListTransferRequest
     volume_transfer_request_show = openstackclient.volume.v2.volume_transfer_request:ShowTransferRequest
-
-[extract_messages]
-keywords = _ gettext ngettext l_ lazy_gettext
-mapping_file = babel.cfg
-output_file = openstackclient/locale/openstackclient.pot
-
-[update_catalog]
-domain = openstackclient
-output_dir = openstackclient/locale
-input_file = openstackclient/locale/openstackclient.pot
-
-[compile_catalog]
-directory = openstackclient/locale
-domain = openstackclient