diff --git a/package/rrdtool/Config.in b/package/rrdtool/Config.in
index 3d8c0c6444..631ed32847 100644
--- a/package/rrdtool/Config.in
+++ b/package/rrdtool/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_RRDTOOL
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libglib2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
 	help
 	  RRDtool is the OpenSource industry standard, high performance
 	  data logging and graphing system for time series data.
diff --git a/package/rrdtool/rrdtool.mk b/package/rrdtool/rrdtool.mk
index 028b7cbbb6..ea5c892e4a 100644
--- a/package/rrdtool/rrdtool.mk
+++ b/package/rrdtool/rrdtool.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ RRDTOOL_VERSION = 1.6.0
 RRDTOOL_SITE = http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub
 RRDTOOL_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ with FLOSS license exceptions as explained in COPYRIGHT
 RRDTOOL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYRIGHT LICENSE
-RRDTOOL_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libglib2
+RRDTOOL_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libglib2 $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 # autoreconf needed to avoid link failure due to missing -lintl,
 # gettextize needed as a consequence of autoreconf
 RRDTOOL_AUTORECONF = YES
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ RRDTOOL_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-ruby \
 	--disable-tcl
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT),y)
-RRDTOOL_DEPENDENCIES += gettext
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_RRDTOOL_RRDGRAPH),y)
 RRDTOOL_DEPENDENCIES += cairo pango
 else