diff --git a/lang/sage.pot b/lang/sage.pot
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ee2a85261..0000000000
--- a/lang/sage.pot
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-msgid ""
-msgstr ""
-"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-
-#: 404.php:4
-msgid "Sorry, but the page you were trying to view does not exist."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: base.php:14
-msgid ""
-"You are using an <strong>outdated</strong> browser. Please <a href=\"http://"
-"browsehappy.com/\">upgrade your browser</a> to improve your experience."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: functions.php:22
-msgid "Error locating %s for inclusion"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: index.php:5 search.php:5
-msgid "Sorry, no results were found."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: lib/extras.php:31
-msgid "Continued"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: lib/setup.php:30
-msgid "Primary Navigation"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: lib/setup.php:57
-msgid "Primary"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: lib/setup.php:66
-msgid "Footer"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: lib/titles.php:13
-msgid "Latest Posts"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: lib/titles.php:18
-msgid "Search Results for %s"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: lib/titles.php:20
-msgid "Not Found"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: templates/comments.php:9
-msgctxt "comments title"
-msgid "One response to &ldquo;%2$s&rdquo;"
-msgid_plural "%1$s responses to &ldquo;%2$s&rdquo;"
-msgstr[0] ""
-msgstr[1] ""
-
-#: templates/comments.php:19
-msgid "&larr; Older comments"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: templates/comments.php:22
-msgid "Newer comments &rarr;"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: templates/comments.php:31
-msgid "Comments are closed."
-msgstr ""
-
-#: templates/content-page.php:2 templates/content-single.php:11
-msgid "Pages:"
-msgstr ""
-
-#: templates/entry-meta.php:2
-msgid "By"
-msgstr ""
-
-#. Theme Name of the plugin/theme
-msgid "Sage Starter Theme"
-msgstr ""
-
-#. Theme URI of the plugin/theme
-msgid "https://roots.io/sage/"
-msgstr ""
-
-#. Description of the plugin/theme
-msgid ""
-"Sage is a WordPress starter theme. <a href=\"https://github.com/roots/sage"
-"\">Contribute on GitHub</a>"
-msgstr ""
-
-#. Author of the plugin/theme
-msgid "Roots"
-msgstr ""
-
-#. Author URI of the plugin/theme
-msgid "https://roots.io/"
-msgstr ""
-
-#. Template Name of the plugin/theme
-msgid "Custom Template"
-msgstr ""
diff --git a/src/setup.php b/src/setup.php
index 76b22831dc..145f0fe849 100644
--- a/src/setup.php
+++ b/src/setup.php
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@
   add_theme_support('soil-nice-search');
   add_theme_support('soil-relative-urls');
 
-  /**
-   * Make theme available for translation
-   * @link https://github.com/roots/sage-translations Community translations
-   */
-  load_theme_textdomain('sage', get_template_directory() . '/lang');
-
   /**
    * Enable plugins to manage the document title
    * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_theme_support#Title_Tag