diff --git a/babel.cfg b/babel.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 15cd6cb..0000000
--- a/babel.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[python: **.py]
-
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5fb4f35..2f2a16e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
 pbr>=1.4
-Babel>=1.3
 PyYAML>=3.1.0
 six>=1.9.0
 dulwich>=0.15.0  # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2389972..a45143c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -48,8 +48,3 @@ domain = reno
 domain = reno
 output_dir = reno/locale
 input_file = reno/locale/reno.pot
-
-[extract_messages]
-keywords = _ gettext ngettext l_ lazy_gettext
-mapping_file = babel.cfg
-output_file = reno/locale/reno.pot