diff --git a/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/wix.py b/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/wix.py
--- a/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/wix.py
+++ b/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/wix.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     ('dist.wxs', r'dist'),
     ('doc.wxs', r'doc'),
     ('help.wxs', r'mercurial\help'),
-    ('i18n.wxs', r'i18n'),
     ('locale.wxs', r'mercurial\locale'),
     ('templates.wxs', r'mercurial\templates'),
 ]
diff --git a/contrib/packaging/wix/guids.wxi b/contrib/packaging/wix/guids.wxi
--- a/contrib/packaging/wix/guids.wxi
+++ b/contrib/packaging/wix/guids.wxi
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
   <?define help.root.guid = {9FA957DB-6DFE-44f2-AD03-293B2791CF17} ?>
   <?define help.internals.guid = {2DD7669D-0DB8-4C39-9806-78E6475E7ACC} ?>
 
-  <!-- i18n.wxs -->
-  <?define i18nFolder.guid = {1BF8026D-CF7C-4174-AEE6-D6B7BF119248} ?>
-
   <!-- templates.wxs -->
   <?define templates.root.guid = {437FD55C-7756-4EA0-87E5-FDBE75DC8595} ?>
   <?define templates.atom.guid = {D30E14A5-8AF0-4268-8B00-00BEE9E09E39} ?>
diff --git a/contrib/packaging/wix/i18n.wxs b/contrib/packaging/wix/i18n.wxs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/contrib/packaging/wix/i18n.wxs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
-
-  <?include guids.wxi ?>
-  <?include defines.wxi ?>
-
-  <?define hg_po_langs =
-    da;de;el;fr;it;ja;pt_BR;ro;ru;sv;zh_CN;zh_TW
-  ?>
-
-  <Fragment>
-    <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR">
-      <Directory Id="i18ndir" Name="i18n" FileSource="$(var.SourceDir)">
-        <Component Id="i18nFolder" Guid="$(var.i18nFolder.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-          <File Name="hggettext" KeyPath="yes" />
-          <?foreach LANG in $(var.hg_po_langs) ?>
-            <File Id="hg.$(var.LANG).po"
-                  Name="$(var.LANG).po"
-            />
-          <?endforeach?>
-        </Component>
-      </Directory>
-    </DirectoryRef>
-  </Fragment>
-
-</Wix>
diff --git a/contrib/packaging/wix/mercurial.wxs b/contrib/packaging/wix/mercurial.wxs
--- a/contrib/packaging/wix/mercurial.wxs
+++ b/contrib/packaging/wix/mercurial.wxs
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@
       <?endif?>
       <Feature Id='Locales' Title='Translations' Description='Translations' Level='1'>
         <ComponentGroupRef Id='localeFolder' />
-        <ComponentRef Id='i18nFolder' />
       </Feature>
       <Feature Id='Documentation' Title='Documentation' Description='HTML man pages' Level='1'>
         <ComponentGroupRef Id='docFolder' />