diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 58b9d60d..5ae1b5fc 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 alabaster==0.7.10
 appdirs==1.3.0
-Babel==2.3.4
 coverage==4.0
 ddt==1.0.1
 debtcollector==1.2.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eb5e9a95..91a5fa57 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # 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
 
 eventlet!=0.18.3,!=0.20.1,>=0.18.2 # MIT
 oslo.concurrency>=3.26.0 # Apache-2.0