diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index 620739f4b7..3c267d9735 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@ ACP := $(BUILD_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/acp$(BUILD_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
 DX := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/dx
 ZIPALIGN := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/zipalign$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
 FINDBUGS := prebuilt/common/findbugs/bin/findbugs
-LOCALIZE := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/localize$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
 EMMA_JAR := external/emma/lib/emma$(COMMON_JAVA_PACKAGE_SUFFIX)
 
 # Deal with archaic version of bison on Mac OS X.