diff --git a/package/gdk-pixbuf/Config.in b/package/gdk-pixbuf/Config.in
index 33b5f7c..f205793 100644
--- a/package/gdk-pixbuf/Config.in
+++ b/package/gdk-pixbuf/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GDK_PIXBUF
 	bool "gdk-pixbuf"
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # glib2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	help
 	  Gdk-Pixbuf is an image loader and scaler. It uses GObject
diff --git a/package/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.mk b/package/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.mk
index 92a34bf..7e1dc37 100644
--- a/package/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.mk
+++ b/package/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.mk
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ GDK_PIXBUF_DEPENDENCIES += xlib_libX11
 endif
 
 GDK_PIXBUF_DEPENDENCIES += \
-	$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext) \
 	$(if $(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),,libiconv) \
 	host-pkg-config libglib2