diff --git a/babel.cfg b/babel.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 15cd6cb76b..0000000000
--- a/babel.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[python: **.py]
-
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1be964ad48..c2342ae205 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -183,20 +183,6 @@ tag_build =
 tag_date = 0
 tag_svn_revision = 0
 
-[compile_catalog]
-directory = ironic/locale
-domain = ironic
-
-[update_catalog]
-domain = ironic
-output_dir = ironic/locale
-input_file = ironic/locale/ironic.pot
-
-[extract_messages]
-keywords = _ gettext ngettext l_ lazy_gettext
-mapping_file = babel.cfg
-output_file = ironic/locale/ironic.pot
-
 [extras]
 guru_meditation_reports =
   oslo.reports>=1.18.0 # Apache-2.0