diff --git a/webpack/generateLocalePacks.js b/webpack/generateLocalePacks.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a7f99b47..000000000
--- a/webpack/generateLocalePacks.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-// To avoid adding a lot of boilerplate, locale packs are
-// automatically generated here. These are written into the tmp/
-// directory and then used to generate locale_en.js, locale_fr.js, etc.
-
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
-const rimraf = require('rimraf');
-const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
-
-const localesJsonPath = path.join(__dirname, '../app/soapbox/locales');
-const locales = fs.readdirSync(localesJsonPath).filter(filename => {
-  return /\.json$/.test(filename) &&
-    !/defaultMessages/.test(filename) &&
-    !/whitelist/.test(filename);
-}).map(filename => filename.replace(/\.json$/, ''));
-
-const outPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'tmp', 'packs');
-
-rimraf.sync(outPath);
-mkdirp.sync(outPath);
-
-const outPaths = [];
-
-locales.forEach(locale => {
-  const localePath = path.join(outPath, `locale_${locale}.js`);
-  const baseLocale = locale.split('-')[0]; // e.g. 'zh-TW' -> 'zh'
-  const localeDataPath = [
-    // first try react-intl
-    `../../node_modules/react-intl/locale-data/${baseLocale}.js`,
-    // then check locales/locale-data
-    `../../app/soapbox/locales/locale-data/${baseLocale}.js`,
-    // fall back to English (this is what react-intl does anyway)
-    '../../node_modules/react-intl/locale-data/en.js',
-  ].filter(filename => fs.existsSync(path.join(outPath, filename)))
-    .map(filename => filename.replace(/..\/..\/node_modules\//, ''))[0];
-
-  const localeContent = `//
-// locale_${locale}.js
-// automatically generated by generateLocalePacks.js
-//
-import messages from '../../app/soapbox/locales/${locale}.json';
-import localeData from ${JSON.stringify(localeDataPath)};
-import { setLocale } from '../../app/soapbox/locales';
-setLocale({messages, localeData});
-`;
-  fs.writeFileSync(localePath, localeContent, 'utf8');
-  outPaths.push(localePath);
-});
-
-module.exports = outPaths;
diff --git a/webpack/shared.js b/webpack/shared.js
index 643309192..ca662d0a4 100644
--- a/webpack/shared.js
+++ b/webpack/shared.js
@@ -1,24 +1,17 @@
 // Note: You must restart bin/webpack-dev-server for changes to take effect
 
 const webpack = require('webpack');
-const { basename, join, resolve } = require('path');
+const { join, resolve } = require('path');
 const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require('mini-css-extract-plugin');
 const AssetsManifestPlugin = require('webpack-assets-manifest');
 const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
 const HtmlWebpackHarddiskPlugin = require('html-webpack-harddisk-plugin');
-const extname = require('path-complete-extname');
 const { env, settings, output } = require('./configuration');
 const rules = require('./rules');
-const localePackPaths = require('./generateLocalePacks');
 
 module.exports = {
   entry: Object.assign(
     { application: resolve('app/application.js') },
-    localePackPaths.reduce((map, entry) => {
-      const localMap = map;
-      localMap[basename(entry, extname(entry, extname(entry)))] = resolve(entry);
-      return localMap;
-    }, {}),
     { styles: resolve(join(settings.source_path, 'styles/application.scss')) }
   ),