diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 407af1ab1..f801c5ce1 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
 SUBDIRS = lib src data
-
-locale-update:
-	make -C $(top_builddir)/data/locale install-locals
-
-.PHONY: locale-update