diff --git a/package/glib-networking/Config.in b/package/glib-networking/Config.in
index 01d8552f80..ec2962392c 100644
--- a/package/glib-networking/Config.in
+++ b/package/glib-networking/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GLIB_NETWORKING
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # glib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # glib2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
 	help
 	  Network-related GIO modules for glib.
 
diff --git a/package/glib-networking/glib-networking.mk b/package/glib-networking/glib-networking.mk
index eb75c86b22..10a3b706b3 100644
--- a/package/glib-networking/glib-networking.mk
+++ b/package/glib-networking/glib-networking.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ GLIB_NETWORKING_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib-networking/$(
 GLIB_NETWORKING_SOURCE = glib-networking-$(GLIB_NETWORKING_VERSION).tar.xz
 GLIB_NETWORKING_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 GLIB_NETWORKING_DEPENDENCIES = \
-	$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext) \
+	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	host-intltool \
 	libglib2