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 adbb15ba3..81f5098d3 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ ansible-runner===1.4.4
 aodhclient==0.9.0
 appdirs==1.3.0
 asn1crypto==0.23.0
-Babel==2.3.4
 beautifulsoup4==4.6.0
 cachetools==2.0.0
 cffi==1.7.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1e8e61efa..98a26e003 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 
-Babel!=2.4.0,>=2.3.4 # BSD
 passlib>=1.7.0 # BSD
 psutil>=3.2.2 # BSD
 python-ironic-inspector-client>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 61a6ccbd6..9f895bf01 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -27,20 +27,6 @@ classifier =
 packages =
     tripleoclient
 
-[compile_catalog]
-directory = tripleoclient/locale
-domain = tripleoclient
-
-[update_catalog]
-domain = tripleoclient
-output_dir = tripleoclient/locale
-input_file = tripleoclient/locale/tripleoclient.pot
-
-[extract_messages]
-keywords = _ gettext ngettext l_ lazy_gettext
-mapping_file = babel.cfg
-output_file = tripleoclient/locale/tripleoclient.pot
-
 [entry_points]
 openstack.cli.extension =
     tripleoclient = tripleoclient.plugin