diff --git a/package/popt/popt.mk b/package/popt/popt.mk
index 3ab53880d5..99c5138bdf 100644
--- a/package/popt/popt.mk
+++ b/package/popt/popt.mk
@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@ POPT_LICENSE = MIT
 POPT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 POPT_AUTORECONF = YES
 POPT_GETTEXTIZE = YES
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT),y)
-POPT_DEPENDENCIES += gettext
-endif
+POPT_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 
 POPT_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_va_copy=yes