diff --git a/packages/devel/gettext/package.mk b/packages/devel/gettext/package.mk
index 48d131cb7d..9b9422f054 100644
--- a/packages/devel/gettext/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/gettext/package.mk
@@ -11,16 +11,12 @@ PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A program internationalization library and tools."
 
-configure_package() {
-  PKG_CONFIGURE_SCRIPT="${PKG_BUILD}/gettext-tools/configure"
-
-  PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--enable-static --disable-shared \
-                           --disable-rpath \
-                           --with-gnu-ld \
-                           --disable-java \
-                           --disable-curses \
-                           --with-included-libxml \
-                           --disable-native-java \
-                           --disable-csharp \
-                           --without-emacs"
-}
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--enable-static --disable-shared \
+                         --disable-rpath \
+                         --with-gnu-ld \
+                         --disable-java \
+                         --disable-curses \
+                         --with-included-libxml \
+                         --disable-native-java \
+                         --disable-csharp \
+                         --without-emacs"