diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 05c68b66c..d68c771ef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ set(CALAMARES_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "The distribution-independent installer framew
 # (sr@latin in particular) or location (ca@valencia) need special
 # handling in libcalamares/locale/Translation.h .
 #
-# NOTE: move eo (Esperanto) to _ok once Qt can actually create a
-#       locale for it. (Qt 5.12.2 can, see Translation Status section).
 # NOTE: move ie (Interlingue) to _ok once Qt supports it.
 # NOTE: update these lines by running `txstats.py`, or for full automation
 #       `txstats.py -e`. See also
@@ -411,19 +409,10 @@ set(Calamares_WITH_QML ${WITH_QML})
 
 ### Transifex Translation status
 #
-# Construct language lists for use. This massages the language lists
-# for use with older Qt (which does not support Esperanto) and checks
-# for some obvious error. The actual work of compiling translations
-# is done in the lang/ directory.
+# Construct language lists for use. This massages the language lists if
+# needed and checks for some obvious errors. The actual work of
+# compiling translations is done in the lang/ directory.
 #
-if(Qt5_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 5.12.1)
-    # At least Qt 5.12.2 seems to support Esperanto in QLocale
-    if("eo" IN_LIST _tx_incomplete)
-        message(STATUS "Esperanto support since Qt 5.12.2, enabling Esperanto locale")
-        list(REMOVE_ITEM _tx_incomplete "eo")
-        list(APPEND _tx_ok "eo")
-    endif()
-endif()
 
 set(curr_tx ${_tx_complete} ${_tx_good} ${_tx_ok} ${_tx_incomplete})
 set(tx_errors OFF)
diff --git a/ci/txstats.py b/ci/txstats.py
index 696a4b828..5fddc6bd6 100755
--- a/ci/txstats.py
+++ b/ci/txstats.py
@@ -177,11 +177,9 @@ def get_tx_stats(languages, outputter, verbose):
     # Some languages go into the "incomplete" list by definition,
     # regardless of their completion status: this can have various reasons.
     #
-    # Note that Esperanto (eo) is special-cased in CMakeLists.txt
-    # during the build; recent Qt releases *do* support the language,
-    # and it's at-the-least ok.
+    # - (Esperanto wasn't supported until Qt 5.12.2)
+    # - Interlingue still is not supported by the minimum Qt version
     incomplete_languages = (
-        "eo",   # Not supported by QLocale < 5.12.1
         "ie",   # Not supported by Qt at least through 5.15.0
         )