diff --git a/package/libidn/Config.in b/package/libidn/Config.in
index 7b558c7175..20e0e2b5f5 100644
--- a/package/libidn/Config.in
+++ b/package/libidn/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBIDN
 	bool "libidn"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE
 	help
 	  Libidn's purpose is to encode and decode internationalized
 	  domain names.
diff --git a/package/libidn/libidn.mk b/package/libidn/libidn.mk
index 18e28e0936..b96e742621 100644
--- a/package/libidn/libidn.mk
+++ b/package/libidn/libidn.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LIBIDN_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/libidn
 LIBIDN_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBIDN_CONF_ENV = EMACS="no"
 LIBIDN_CONF_OPTS = --disable-java --enable-csharp=no
-LIBIDN_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext) $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv)
+LIBIDN_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv)
 LIBIDN_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, GPL-3.0+, LGPL-3.0+
 LIBIDN_LICENSE_FILES = COPYINGv2 COPYINGv3 COPYING.LESSERv3