diff --git a/babel.cfg b/babel.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index efceab818b..0000000000
--- a/babel.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[python: **.py]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 15eb2071ad..7e9aa6dc1a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -91,16 +91,3 @@ tag_build =
 tag_date = 0
 tag_svn_revision = 0
 
-[compile_catalog]
-directory = glance/locale
-domain = glance
-
-[update_catalog]
-domain = glance
-output_dir = glance/locale
-input_file = glance/locale/glance.pot
-
-[extract_messages]
-keywords = _ gettext ngettext l_ lazy_gettext
-mapping_file = babel.cfg
-output_file = glance/locale/glance.pot