diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index 8ef06104cc..1c0983231f 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -430,7 +430,6 @@ show_config() {
   config_message="$config_message\n $dashes$dashes"
 
   config_message="$config_message\n - Kodi version:\t\t\t $MEDIACENTER"
-  config_message="$config_message\n - Kodi include language files:\t\t $KODI_LANGUAGE_ADDONS"
   config_message="$config_message\n - Kodi nonfree support:\t\t $KODI_NONFREE_SUPPORT"
   config_message="$config_message\n - Kodi Blu-Ray support:\t\t $KODI_BLURAY_SUPPORT"
   if [ "$KODI_BLURAY_SUPPORT" = "yes" ] ; then
diff --git a/distributions/LibreELEC/options b/distributions/LibreELEC/options
index e7daab7228..6395b4a14c 100644
--- a/distributions/LibreELEC/options
+++ b/distributions/LibreELEC/options
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@
 # build with Samba Client support (mounting SAMBA shares with KODI) (yes / no)
   KODI_SAMBA_SUPPORT="yes"
 
-# include initial language addons for Kodi (yes / no)
-  KODI_LANGUAGE_ADDONS="yes"
-
 # build with NFS support (mounting nfs shares via the OS) (yes / no)
   NFS_SUPPORT="yes"
 
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
index fa49b8a36f..ee28cfcc2d 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.kodi.tv"
 PKG_URL="$DISTRO_SRC/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain kodi:host libsquish boost Python zlib bzip2 systemd pciutils lzo pcre swig:host libass curl rtmpdump fontconfig fribidi tinyxml libjpeg-turbo libpng tiff freetype jasper libogg libcdio libmpeg2 taglib libxml2 libxslt yajl sqlite libvorbis ffmpeg crossguid giflib"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain kodi:host libsquish boost Python zlib bzip2 systemd pciutils lzo pcre swig:host libass curl rtmpdump fontconfig fribidi tinyxml libjpeg-turbo libpng tiff freetype jasper libogg libcdio libmpeg2 taglib libxml2 libxslt yajl sqlite libvorbis ffmpeg crossguid giflib kodi-language-addons"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="lzo:host libpng:host libjpeg-turbo:host giflib:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="mediacenter"
diff --git a/packages/virtual/mediacenter/package.mk b/packages/virtual/mediacenter/package.mk
index 8c54961e47..f565c50ea5 100644
--- a/packages/virtual/mediacenter/package.mk
+++ b/packages/virtual/mediacenter/package.mk
@@ -46,8 +46,4 @@ if [ "$MEDIACENTER" = "kodi" ]; then
 
 # other packages
   PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET LibreELEC-settings"
-
-  if [ "$KODI_LANGUAGE_ADDONS" = "yes" ]; then
-    PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET kodi-language-addons"
-  fi
 fi