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 448c30948c..5a4377720e 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ amqp==2.2.2
 appdirs==1.4.3
 asn1crypto==0.24.0
 astroid==1.3.8
-Babel==2.3.4
 bandit==1.1.0
 bashate==0.5.1
 bcrypt==3.1.4
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2e8a0f164f..36d7ed8738 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -78,17 +78,3 @@ oslo.config.opts.defaults =
 
 oslo.policy.policies =
     sahara = sahara.common.policies:list_rules
-
-[extract_messages]
-keywords = _ gettext ngettext l_ lazy_gettext
-mapping_file = babel.cfg
-output_file = sahara/locale/sahara.pot
-
-[compile_catalog]
-directory = sahara/locale
-domain = sahara
-
-[update_catalog]
-domain = sahara
-output_dir = sahara/locale
-input_file = sahara/locale/sahara.pot