diff --git a/spacy/lang/lg/__init__.py b/spacy/lang/lg/__init__.py
index 6f7153fce..c919ce389 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/lg/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/lg/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from .stop_words import STOP_WORDS
 from .lex_attrs import LEX_ATTRS
 from .punctuation import TOKENIZER_INFIXES
 from ...language import Language, BaseDefaults
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@ from ...language import Language, BaseDefaults
 class LugandaDefaults(BaseDefaults):
     lex_attr_getters = LEX_ATTRS
     infixes = TOKENIZER_INFIXES
-    stop_words = STOP_WORDS
 
 
 class Luganda(Language):
diff --git a/spacy/lang/lg/stop_words.py b/spacy/lang/lg/stop_words.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bad59344..000000000
--- a/spacy/lang/lg/stop_words.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-STOP_WORDS = set(
-    """
-abadde abalala abamu abangi abava ajja ali alina ani anti ateekeddwa atewamu
-atya awamu aweebwa ayinza ba baali babadde babalina bajja
-bajjanewankubade bali balina bandi bangi bano bateekeddwa baweebwa bayina bebombi beera bibye
-bimu bingi bino bo bokka bonna buli bulijjo bulungi bwabwe bwaffe bwayo bwe bwonna bya byabwe
-byaffe byebimu byonna ddaa ddala ddi e ebimu ebiri ebweruobulungi ebyo edda ejja ekirala ekyo
-endala engeri ennyo era erimu erina ffe ffenna ga gujja gumu gunno guno gwa gwe kaseera kati
-kennyini ki kiki kikino kikye kikyo kino kirungi kki ku kubangabyombi kubangaolwokuba kudda
-kuva kuwa kwegamba kyaffe kye kyekimuoyo kyekyo kyonna leero liryo lwa lwaki lyabwezaabwe
-lyaffe lyange mbadde mingi mpozzi mu mulinaoyina munda mwegyabwe nolwekyo nabadde nabo nandiyagadde
-nandiye nanti naye ne nedda neera nga nnyingi nnyini nnyinza nnyo nti nyinza nze oba ojja okudda
-okugenda okuggyako okutuusa okuva okuwa oli olina oluvannyuma olwekyobuva omuli ono osobola otya
-oyina oyo seetaaga si sinakindi singa talina tayina tebaali tebaalina tebayina terina tetulina
-tetuteekeddwa tewali teyalina teyayina tolina tu tuyina tulina tuyina twafuna twetaaga wa wabula
-wabweru wadde waggulunnina wakati waliwobangi waliyo wandi wange wano wansi weebwa yabadde yaffe
-ye yenna yennyini yina yonna ziba zijja zonna
-""".split()
-)