diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 941e2353f..52006ec96 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ luacov.stats.out
 trace-out.txt
 koreader-*
 
-l10n/*
-!l10n/Makefile
-!l10n/README.md
 i18n
 
 /.cproject
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9a175017e..14ff62899 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@
 	path = resources/fonts
 	url = https://github.com/koreader/koreader-fonts.git
 	shallow = true
+[submodule "l10n"]
+	path = l10n
+	url = https://github.com/koreader/koreader-translations.git
diff --git a/l10n b/l10n
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..1afc501b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/l10n
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1afc501b1191985e3f1203dab14cbf4d0815f691
diff --git a/l10n/.tx/config b/l10n/.tx/config
deleted file mode 100644
index be9284551..000000000
--- a/l10n/.tx/config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-[main]
-host = https://www.transifex.com
-
-[koreader.koreader]
-file_filter = <lang>/koreader.po
-source_file = templates/koreader.pot
-source_lang = en
-type = PO
-
diff --git a/l10n/Makefile b/l10n/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index da0d9fed6..000000000
--- a/l10n/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-all: bootstrap push pull
-
-bootstrap:
-	tx set --auto-local -r koreader.koreader "<lang>/koreader.po" \
-		--source-language=en \
-		--source-file "templates/koreader.pot" --execute
-
-pull:
-	tx pull -a -f
-
-push:
-	tx push -sl en
-
-.PHONY: all clean
-
diff --git a/l10n/README.md b/l10n/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 176320792..000000000
--- a/l10n/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# How to sync this folder with transifex
-
-1. Install the transifex client. For example, on Debian or Ubuntu: `sudo apt install transifex-client`.
-
-2. Configure the client:
-   https://docs.transifex.com/client/client-configuration
-
-3. Pull the changes from transifex: `make pull`