diff --git a/babel.cfg b/babel.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index efceab81..00000000
--- a/babel.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[python: **.py]
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 4ef53016..3eb9afd1 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 alabaster==0.7.10
 appdirs==1.3.0
 asn1crypto==0.23.0
-Babel==2.3.4
 cffi==1.14.0
 cliff==2.8.0
 cmd2==0.8.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index aa7a5f77..54e99bf1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # 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
 cliff!=2.9.0,>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 PyYAML>=3.13 # MIT
 python-dateutil>=2.5.3 # BSD
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ada51ae2..934bd9df 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -36,17 +36,3 @@ openstack.translator.v1 =
 
 console_scripts =
     heat-translator = translator.shell:main
-
-[compile_catalog]
-directory = translator/locale
-domain = translator
-
-[update_catalog]
-domain = translator
-output_dir = translator/locale
-input_file = translator/locale/translator.pot
-
-[extract_messages]
-keywords = _ gettext ngettext l_ lazy_gettext
-mapping_file = babel.cfg
-output_file = translator/locale/translator.pot