diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 3f912342b99..3491788c6f7 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ amqp==2.2.2
 appdirs==1.4.3
 asn1crypto==0.24.0
 automaton==1.14.0
-Babel==2.3.4
 bandit==1.1.0
 bcrypt==3.1.4
 cachetools==2.0.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3fb1d598319..2954ca35e46 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
 decorator>=3.4.0 # BSD
 defusedxml>=0.5.0 # PSF
 enum34>=1.0.4;python_version=='2.7' or python_version=='2.6' or python_version=='3.3' # BSD