diff --git a/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/Config.in b/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/Config.in
index 6c767bb..0844192 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/Config.in
+++ b/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/Config.in
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_C
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSNDFILE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SPEEX
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
 	help
 	  PulseAudio is a sound system for POSIX OSes, meaning that it
 	  is a proxy for your sound applications. It allows you to do
diff --git a/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk b/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
index e78eb42..a842180 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
+++ b/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPT = \
 
 PULSEAUDIO_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf libtool json-c libsndfile speex host-intltool \
-	$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT),gettext) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBATOMIC_OPS),libatomic_ops) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSAMPLERATE),libsamplerate) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB),alsa-lib) \