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 d86cce3606..318d502ef7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -142,20 +142,6 @@ tag_build =
 tag_date = 0
 tag_svn_revision = 0
 
-[compile_catalog]
-directory = swift/locale
-domain = swift
-
-[update_catalog]
-domain = swift
-output_dir = swift/locale
-input_file = swift/locale/swift.pot
-
-[extract_messages]
-keywords = _ l_ lazy_gettext
-mapping_file = babel.cfg
-output_file = swift/locale/swift.pot
-
 [bdist_wheel]
 universal = 1