diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6ea14ab06f..fb680c9eb5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ src/i18n/transifex_input.json
 temp/babel-plugin-react-intl
 /.vscode
 module.config.js
+src/i18n/messages
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.tx/config b/.tx/config
deleted file mode 100644
index 546b8d84ec..0000000000
--- a/.tx/config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-[main]
-host = https://www.transifex.com
-
-[o:open-edx:p:edx-platform:r:frontend-component-footer]
-file_filter = src/i18n/messages/<lang>.json
-source_file = src/i18n/transifex_input.json
-source_lang = en
-type        = KEYVALUEJSON
-
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a3680e53ec..f9c8feda89 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-export TRANSIFEX_RESOURCE = frontend-component-footer
-transifex_langs = "ar,fr,es_419,zh_CN,pt,it,de,uk,ru,hi,fr_CA,it_IT,pt_PT,de_DE"
-
 transifex_utils = ./node_modules/.bin/transifex-utils.js
 i18n = ./src/i18n
 transifex_input = $(i18n)/transifex_input.json
@@ -35,20 +32,6 @@ detect_changed_source_translations:
 	# Checking for changed translations...
 	git diff --exit-code $(i18n)
 
-# Pushes translations to Transifex.  You must run make extract_translations first.
-push_translations:
-	# Pushing strings to Transifex...
-	tx push -s
-	# Fetching hashes from Transifex...
-	./node_modules/@edx/reactifex/bash_scripts/get_hashed_strings_v3.sh
-	# Writing out comments to file...
-	$(transifex_utils) $(transifex_temp) --comments --v3-scripts-path
-	# Pushing comments to Transifex...
-	./node_modules/@edx/reactifex/bash_scripts/put_comments_v3.sh
-
-# Pulls translations from Transifex.
-pull_translations:
-	tx pull -t -f --mode reviewed --languages=$(transifex_langs)
 
 # This target is used by Travis.
 validate-no-uncommitted-package-lock-changes:
diff --git a/src/i18n/index.js b/src/i18n/index.js
index 33f55fb2e0..ff8b4c5632 100644
--- a/src/i18n/index.js
+++ b/src/i18n/index.js
@@ -1,34 +1 @@
-import arMessages from './messages/ar.json';
-import frMessages from './messages/fr.json';
-import es419Messages from './messages/es_419.json';
-import zhcnMessages from './messages/zh_CN.json';
-import ptMessages from './messages/pt.json';
-import itMessages from './messages/it.json';
-import ukMessages from './messages/uk.json';
-import deMessages from './messages/de.json';
-import ruMessages from './messages/ru.json';
-import hiMessages from './messages/hi.json';
-import frCAMessages from './messages/fr_CA.json';
-import dedeCAMessages from './messages/de_DE.json';
-import ititCAMessages from './messages/it_IT.json';
-import ptptCAMessages from './messages/pt_PT.json';
-// no need to import en messages-- they are in the defaultMessage field
-
-const messages = {
-  ar: arMessages,
-  'es-419': es419Messages,
-  fr: frMessages,
-  'zh-cn': zhcnMessages,
-  pt: ptMessages,
-  it: itMessages,
-  de: deMessages,
-  hi: hiMessages,
-  'fr-ca': frCAMessages,
-  ru: ruMessages,
-  uk: ukMessages,
-  'de-de': dedeCAMessages,
-  'it-it': ititCAMessages,
-  'pt-pt': ptptCAMessages,
-};
-
-export default messages;
+export default {};
diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/ar.json b/src/i18n/messages/ar.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e26dfeeb6..0000000000
--- a/src/i18n/messages/ar.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
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diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/de.json b/src/i18n/messages/de.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e26dfeeb6..0000000000
--- a/src/i18n/messages/de.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
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diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/de_DE.json b/src/i18n/messages/de_DE.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e26dfeeb6..0000000000
--- a/src/i18n/messages/de_DE.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
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diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/es_419.json b/src/i18n/messages/es_419.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e26dfeeb6..0000000000
--- a/src/i18n/messages/es_419.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
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diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/fr.json b/src/i18n/messages/fr.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e26dfeeb6..0000000000
--- a/src/i18n/messages/fr.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
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diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/fr_CA.json b/src/i18n/messages/fr_CA.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e26dfeeb6..0000000000
--- a/src/i18n/messages/fr_CA.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
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diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/hi.json b/src/i18n/messages/hi.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e26dfeeb6..0000000000
--- a/src/i18n/messages/hi.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
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diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/it.json b/src/i18n/messages/it.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e26dfeeb6..0000000000
--- a/src/i18n/messages/it.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
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diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/it_IT.json b/src/i18n/messages/it_IT.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e26dfeeb6..0000000000
--- a/src/i18n/messages/it_IT.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
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diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/pt.json b/src/i18n/messages/pt.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e26dfeeb6..0000000000
--- a/src/i18n/messages/pt.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
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diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/pt_PT.json b/src/i18n/messages/pt_PT.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e26dfeeb6..0000000000
--- a/src/i18n/messages/pt_PT.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
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diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/ru.json b/src/i18n/messages/ru.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e26dfeeb6..0000000000
--- a/src/i18n/messages/ru.json
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-{}
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diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/uk.json b/src/i18n/messages/uk.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e26dfeeb6..0000000000
--- a/src/i18n/messages/uk.json
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
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diff --git a/src/i18n/messages/zh_CN.json b/src/i18n/messages/zh_CN.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e26dfeeb6..0000000000
--- a/src/i18n/messages/zh_CN.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
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