diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9c0a331e35e2..d53addcbf355 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -7,18 +7,3 @@ source-dir = doc/source
 tag_build = 
 tag_date = 0
 tag_svn_revision = 0
-
-[compile_catalog]
-directory = locale
-domain = nova
-
-[update_catalog]
-domain = nova
-output_dir = locale
-input_file = locale/nova.pot
-
-[extract_messages]
-keywords = _ l_ lazy_gettext
-mapping_file = babel.cfg
-output_file = locale/nova.pot
-
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e1c9e6c95aab..1ada2f545146 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -84,16 +84,6 @@ except:
     pass
 
 
-try:
-    from babel.messages import frontend as babel
-    nova_cmdclass['compile_catalog'] = babel.compile_catalog
-    nova_cmdclass['extract_messages'] = babel.extract_messages
-    nova_cmdclass['init_catalog'] = babel.init_catalog
-    nova_cmdclass['update_catalog'] = babel.update_catalog
-except:
-    pass
-
-
 def find_data_files(destdir, srcdir):
     package_data = []
     files = []