diff --git a/cde/programs/dtdocbook/xlate_locale/Makefile.am b/cde/programs/dtdocbook/xlate_locale/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 5deaa9d9d..000000000
--- a/cde/programs/dtdocbook/xlate_locale/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
-
-noinst_PROGRAMS = xlate_locale
-
-xlate_locale_CFLAGS =  $(DT_INCDIR)
-
-xlate_locale_LDADD = $(DTCLIENTLIBS) $(XTOOLLIB)
-
-xlate_locale_SOURCES = xlate_locale.c
diff --git a/cde/programs/dtdocbook/xlate_locale/xlate_locale.c b/cde/programs/dtdocbook/xlate_locale/xlate_locale.c
deleted file mode 100644
index a70fd2070..000000000
--- a/cde/programs/dtdocbook/xlate_locale/xlate_locale.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * CDE - Common Desktop Environment
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1993-2012, The Open Group. All rights reserved.
- *
- * These libraries and programs are free software; you can
- * redistribute them and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software
- * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
- * any later version.
- *
- * These libraries and programs are distributed in the hope that
- * they will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
- * implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- * PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
- * details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with these libraries and programs; if not, write
- * to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth
- * Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
- */
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include "LocaleXlate.h"
-#include "XlationSvc.h"
-
-int
-main(void)
-{
-_DtXlateDb  myDb = NULL;
-char        myPlatform[_DtPLATFORM_MAX_LEN+1];
-char       *locale;
-char       *newLocale;
-int         execVer;
-int         compVer;
-
-locale = getenv("LANG");
-if (!locale || (strcmp(locale, "C") == 0) || (strcmp(locale, "POSIX") == 0)) {
-     puts("C.ISO-8859-1");
-     exit(0);
-}
-
-if ((_DtLcxOpenAllDbs(&myDb) != 0) ||
-    (_DtXlateGetXlateEnv(myDb,myPlatform,&execVer,&compVer) != 0)) {
-    fprintf(stderr,
-            "Warning: could not open locale translation database.\n");
-    exit(1);
-}
-
-if (_DtLcxXlateOpToStd(myDb,
-			myPlatform,
-			execVer,
-			DtLCX_OPER_SETLOCALE,
-			locale,
-			&newLocale,
-			NULL,
-			NULL,
-			NULL)) {
-	fprintf(stderr,
-		"Warning: could not translate local to CDE locale\n");
-}
-
-puts(newLocale);
-
-_DtLcxCloseDb(&myDb);
-}