diff --git a/babel.cfg b/babel.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 15cd6cb76..000000000
--- a/babel.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[python: **.py]
-
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 6e63706d5..da5b492f1 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ appdirs==1.4.3
 APScheduler==3.5.1
 asn1crypto==0.24.0
 automaton==1.14.0
-Babel==2.5.3
 beautifulsoup4==4.6.0
 cachetools==2.0.1
 certifi==2018.1.18
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index afa8562c6..60570e5c8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -120,5 +120,4 @@ input_file = watcher/locale/watcher.pot
 
 [extract_messages]
 keywords = _ gettext ngettext l_ lazy_gettext _LI _LW _LE _LC
-mapping_file = babel.cfg
 output_file = watcher/locale/watcher.pot