diff --git a/counts.py b/counts.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b1cdeb49a..000000000
--- a/counts.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-from pathlib import Path
-
-from polib import pofile
-
-
-def _count(pot) -> tuple[int, int]:
-    pot = pofile(pot)
-    word_count = 0
-    for entry in pot:
-        word_count += len(entry.msgid.split())
-    return len(pot), word_count
-
-
-def get_counts(dir: Path) -> tuple[int, int]:
-    total_string_count = 0
-    total_word_count = 0
-    for root, dirs, files in dir.walk():
-        for file in files:
-            if file.endswith('.pot'):
-                pot = root.joinpath(file)
-                strings, words = _count(pot.read_text())
-                total_string_count += strings
-                total_word_count += words
-    return total_string_count, total_word_count
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    print(
-        get_counts(Path(__file__).parent.joinpath('clones/cpython/Doc/build/gettext'))
-    )
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7090e1a90..3d362eaea 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 gitpython
 urllib3
 potodo
-polib
 jinja2
 docutils
 sphinx