diff --git a/django/bin/unique-messages.py b/django/bin/unique-messages.py
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index 16ec0a7e06..0000000000
--- a/django/bin/unique-messages.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import os
-import sys
-
-
-def unique_messages():
-    basedir = None
-
-    if os.path.isdir(os.path.join('conf', 'locale')):
-        basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join('conf', 'locale'))
-    elif os.path.isdir('locale'):
-        basedir = os.path.abspath('locale')
-    else:
-        print("This script should be run from the Django Git tree or your project or app tree.")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    for (dirpath, dirnames, filenames) in os.walk(basedir):
-        for f in filenames:
-            if f.endswith('.po'):
-                sys.stderr.write('processing file %s in %s\n' % (f, dirpath))
-                pf = os.path.splitext(os.path.join(dirpath, f))[0]
-                cmd = 'msguniq "%s.po"' % pf
-                stdout = os.popen(cmd)
-                msg = stdout.read()
-                with open('%s.po' % pf, 'w') as fp:
-                    fp.write(msg)
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    unique_messages()