diff --git a/sugar/activity/locale.py b/sugar/activity/locale.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 40080a41..00000000
--- a/sugar/activity/locale.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import gettext
-import os
-import logging
-
-from sugar.activity import activity
-
-activity_path = activity.get_bundle_path()
-service_name = os.environ['SUGAR_BUNDLE_SERVICE_NAME']
-gettext.bindtextdomain(service_name, os.path.join(activity_path, "locale"))
-gettext.textdomain(service_name)
-_ = gettext.gettext