diff --git a/babel.cfg b/babel.cfg
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-[python: **.py]
diff --git a/openstack-common.conf b/openstack-common.conf
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-[DEFAULT]
-
-# The list of modules to copy from oslo-incubator.git
-
-# The base module to hold the copy of openstack.common
-base=tripleo-specs
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