diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f3a6c4b4..18433641 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@ libgitg_dir = join_paths(source_root, 'libgitg')
 po_dir = join_paths(source_root, 'po')
 vapi_dir = join_paths(source_root, 'vapi')
 
-intltool_merge = find_program('intltool-merge')
-intltool_cache = join_paths(po_dir, '.intltool-merge-cache')
-intltool_desktop_cmd = [intltool_merge, '-d', '-u', '-c', intltool_cache, po_dir, '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@']
-intltool_xml_cmd = [intltool_merge, '-x', '-u', '-c', intltool_cache, po_dir, '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@']
-
 top_inc = include_directories('.')
 
 config_h = configuration_data()