diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 533304ed70..c7b9079b8e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ ui-docker: $(UI_DEPS_FLAG_FILE)
 ui-devel: $(UI_DEPS_FLAG_FILE)
 	$(NPM_BIN) --prefix awx/ui run build-devel
 
-ui-release: languages $(UI_RELEASE_FLAG_FILE)
+ui-release: $(UI_RELEASE_FLAG_FILE)
 
 # todo: include languages target when .po deliverables are added to source control
 $(UI_RELEASE_FLAG_FILE): $(UI_DEPS_FLAG_FILE)
diff --git a/config/zanata.xml b/config/zanata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ae452a448..0000000000
--- a/config/zanata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-<config xmlns="http://zanata.org/namespace/config/">
-    <url>https://translate.stage.engineering.redhat.com/</url>
-    <project>ansible-django</project>
-    <project-version>devel</project-version>
-    <project-type>podir</project-type>
-    <src-dir>awx/locale</src-dir>
-    <trans-dir>awx/locale</trans-dir>
-    <rules>
-        <rule>{locale}/LC_MESSAGES/{filename}.po</rule>
-    </rules>
-</config>
diff --git a/tools/scripts/manage_translations.py b/tools/scripts/manage_translations.py
index ddbafb3473..d35f89e95d 100644
--- a/tools/scripts/manage_translations.py
+++ b/tools/scripts/manage_translations.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.management import call_command
 
 
-PROJECT_CONFIG = "config/zanata.xml"
+PROJECT_CONFIG = "tools/scripts/zanata_config/backend-trans-config.xml"
 MIN_TRANS_PERCENT_SETTING = False
 MIN_TRANS_PERCENT = '10'