diff --git a/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/Config.in b/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/Config.in
index 9a6911e0ed..bd0ec5f201 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/Config.in
+++ b/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/Config.in
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_C
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSNDFILE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SPEEX
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
 	help
 	  PulseAudio is a sound system for POSIX OSes, meaning that it
diff --git a/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk b/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
index b90017420c..910e4a7fe8 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
+++ b/package/multimedia/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPT = \
 
 PULSEAUDIO_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf libtool json-c libsndfile speex host-intltool \
-	$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT),gettext) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBATOMIC_OPS),libatomic_ops) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSAMPLERATE),libsamplerate) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB),alsa-lib) \