diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/sao_template/template/i18nrc.json b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/sao_template/template/i18nrc.json
index dc3b24bcf745bc..a4b78b88e64e22 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/sao_template/template/i18nrc.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/sao_template/template/i18nrc.json
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
       "<%= camelCase(name) %>": "."
     },
     "translations": [
-      "translations/zh-CN.json",
       "translations/ja-JP.json"
     ]
   }
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/sao_template/template/translations/zh-CN.json b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/sao_template/template/translations/zh-CN.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a0183e79d8e7e..00000000000000
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/sao_template/template/translations/zh-CN.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-
-{
-    "formats": {
-      "number": {
-        "currency": {
-          "style": "currency"
-        },
-        "percent": {
-          "style": "percent"
-        }
-      },
-      "date": {
-        "short": {
-          "month": "numeric",
-          "day": "numeric",
-          "year": "2-digit"
-        },
-        "medium": {
-          "month": "short",
-          "day": "numeric",
-          "year": "numeric"
-        },
-        "long": {
-          "month": "long",
-          "day": "numeric",
-          "year": "numeric"
-        },
-        "full": {
-          "weekday": "long",
-          "month": "long",
-          "day": "numeric",
-          "year": "numeric"
-        }
-      },
-      "time": {
-        "short": {
-          "hour": "numeric",
-          "minute": "numeric"
-        },
-        "medium": {
-          "hour": "numeric",
-          "minute": "numeric",
-          "second": "numeric"
-        },
-        "long": {
-          "hour": "numeric",
-          "minute": "numeric",
-          "second": "numeric",
-          "timeZoneName": "short"
-        },
-        "full": {
-          "hour": "numeric",
-          "minute": "numeric",
-          "second": "numeric",
-          "timeZoneName": "short"
-        }
-      },
-      "relative": {
-        "years": {
-          "units": "year"
-        },
-        "months": {
-          "units": "month"
-        },
-        "days": {
-          "units": "day"
-        },
-        "hours": {
-          "units": "hour"
-        },
-        "minutes": {
-          "units": "minute"
-        },
-        "seconds": {
-          "units": "second"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "messages": {}
-}
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