diff --git a/v7/babeldates/README.md b/v7/babeldates/README.md
index 6c3c3354..7ea33be7 100644
--- a/v7/babeldates/README.md
+++ b/v7/babeldates/README.md
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-This plugin uses [Babel](https://babel.pocoo.org) to format dates. It requires `DATE_FANCINESS` to be 0, and a setting called `BABEL_DATE_FORMATTS`, either  a string or a dict. See [Babel's documentation](http://babel.pocoo.org/en/latest/dates.html) for the values that this setting can have.
+This plugin uses [Babel](https://babel.pocoo.org) to format dates. It requires `DATE_FANCINESS` to be 0, and a setting called `BABEL_DATE_FORMAT`, either  a string or a dict. See [Babel's documentation](http://babel.pocoo.org/en/latest/dates.html) for the values that this setting can have.
+
+This plugin is **obsolete**. Nikola v8 uses Babel by default.
diff --git a/v7/babeldates/babeldates.plugin b/v7/babeldates/babeldates.plugin
index 92775640..8ac52628 100644
--- a/v7/babeldates/babeldates.plugin
+++ b/v7/babeldates/babeldates.plugin
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ Author = Sukil Etxenike
 Version = 0.1
 Website = https://plugins.getnikola.com/#babeldates
 Description = Use Babel to format dates.
+MaxVersion=7.8.15