diff --git a/babel.cfg b/babel.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 15cd6cb76b..0000000000
--- a/babel.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[python: **.py]
-
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 0cf1925ca5..689b94384f 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ amqp==2.6.1
 appdirs==1.4.3
 asn1crypto==0.24.0
 automaton==1.14.0
-Babel==2.3.4
 bandit==1.1.0
 bashate==2.0.0
 beautifulsoup4==4.6.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1b480a9020..23aeaf5a60 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # Despite above warning added by global sync process, please use
 # ascii betical order.
 
-Babel!=2.4.0,>=2.3.4 # BSD
 PyYAML>=3.13 # MIT
 SQLAlchemy>=1.2.0 # MIT
 WSME>=0.8.0 # MIT
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 66f58a49db..7adc5a4ef8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ input_file = magnum/locale/magnum.pot
 
 [extract_messages]
 keywords = _ gettext ngettext l_ lazy_gettext
-mapping_file = babel.cfg
 output_file = magnum/locale/magnum.pot
 
 [entry_points]