diff --git a/mercurial.spec b/mercurial.spec
index 6e54470..5eab320 100644
--- a/mercurial.spec
+++ b/mercurial.spec
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ install -m 644 certs.rc %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/mercurial/hgrc.d
 
 mv %{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}/mercurial/locale %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/locale
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}/mercurial/locale
-rm -rf %{buildroot}%{python2_sitearch}/mercurial/locale
 
 %find_lang hg