diff --git a/package/clamav/Config.in b/package/clamav/Config.in
index a962103208..bc934ea452 100644
--- a/package/clamav/Config.in
+++ b/package/clamav/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CLAMAV
 	bool "clamav"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTOOL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
diff --git a/package/clamav/clamav.mk b/package/clamav/clamav.mk
index 23dee0a818..5429abb989 100644
--- a/package/clamav/clamav.mk
+++ b/package/clamav/clamav.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ CLAMAV_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	libtool \
 	openssl \
 	zlib \
-	$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext)
+	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 
 # mmap cannot be detected when cross-compiling, needed for mempool support
 CLAMAV_CONF_ENV = \