diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d7dccb8..26bc523 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
 # 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
 PrettyTable<0.8 # BSD
 statsd>=3.2.1 # MIT