diff --git a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
index 54a9a61e79..d6088b23a0 100644
--- a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
+++ b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ PULSEAUDIO_DEPENDENCIES += libxcb xlib_libSM xlib_libXtst
 
 # .desktop file generation needs nls support, so fake it for !locale builds
 # https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54658
-ifneq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_SYSTEM_ENABLE_NLS),)
 define PULSEAUDIO_FIXUP_DESKTOP_FILES
 	cp $(@D)/src/daemon/pulseaudio.desktop.in \
 		$(@D)/src/daemon/pulseaudio.desktop