diff -up virtaal-0.5.0-rc1/setup.py.setup_drop_MO_generation virtaal-0.5.0-rc1/setup.py
--- virtaal-0.5.0-rc1/setup.py.setup_drop_MO_generation	2009-11-18 13:09:29.000000000 +0200
+++ virtaal-0.5.0-rc1/setup.py	2009-11-24 19:02:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -60,23 +60,6 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 #TODO: add Natural Language classifiers
 
-# Compile .mo files from available .po files
-from translate.tools.pocompile import convertmo
-mo_files = []
-
-for po_filename in glob(path.join('po', '*.po')):
-    lang = path.split(po_filename[:-3])[1] # Chop off '.po'
-    mo_filename = path.join('mo', lang, 'virtaal.mo')
-
-    if not path.exists(path.join('mo', lang)):
-        os.makedirs(path.join('mo', lang))
-
-    convertmo(open(po_filename), open(mo_filename, 'w'), None)
-
-    mo_files.append(
-        ( path.join(TARGET_DATA_DIR, 'locale', lang, 'LC_MESSAGES'), [mo_filename])
-    )
-
 # Some of these depend on some files to be built externally before running
 # setup.py, like the .xml and .desktop files
 options = {
@@ -84,7 +67,7 @@ options = {
         (path.join(TARGET_DATA_DIR, "virtaal"), glob(path.join(SOURCE_DATA_DIR, "virtaal", "*.*"))),
         (path.join(TARGET_DATA_DIR, "virtaal", "autocorr"), glob(path.join(SOURCE_DATA_DIR, "virtaal", "autocorr", "*"))),
         (path.join(TARGET_DATA_DIR, "icons"), glob(path.join(SOURCE_DATA_DIR, "icons", "*.*"))),
-    ] + mo_files,
+    ],
     'scripts': [
         "bin/virtaal",
     ],