diff --git a/package/mcrypt/Config.in b/package/mcrypt/Config.in
index 58567cd751..ab2888bb17 100644
--- a/package/mcrypt/Config.in
+++ b/package/mcrypt/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MCRYPT
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMCRYPT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMHASH
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE
 	help
 	  MCrypt is a replacement for the old crypt() package and crypt(1)
 	  command, with extensions.
diff --git a/package/mcrypt/mcrypt.mk b/package/mcrypt/mcrypt.mk
index 03a17196ae..f98895f401 100644
--- a/package/mcrypt/mcrypt.mk
+++ b/package/mcrypt/mcrypt.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MCRYPT_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mcrypt/MCrypt/$(MCRYPT_VE
 MCRYPT_DEPENDENCIES = libmcrypt libmhash \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),zlib) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv) \
-	$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext)
+	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 MCRYPT_CONF_OPTS = --with-libmcrypt-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 MCRYPT_LICENSE = GPL-3.0
 MCRYPT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING