diff --git a/package/kbd/Config.in b/package/kbd/Config.in
index ab1f1b3100..6cf2fc0dc6 100644
--- a/package/kbd/Config.in
+++ b/package/kbd/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_KBD
 	bool "kbd"
 	# Uses fork()
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE
 	help
 	  Keytable files and keyboard utilities.
 
diff --git a/package/kbd/kbd.mk b/package/kbd/kbd.mk
index 175a2374d8..a4873f3a08 100644
--- a/package/kbd/kbd.mk
+++ b/package/kbd/kbd.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ KBD_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-vlock \
 	--disable-tests
 KBD_DEPENDENCIES = \
-	$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext) \
+	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) \
 	host-pkgconf
 KBD_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 KBD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING