diff --git a/package/gettext-tiny/gettext-tiny.mk b/package/gettext-tiny/gettext-tiny.mk
index 4fa014e8dd..87e90bcc70 100644
--- a/package/gettext-tiny/gettext-tiny.mk
+++ b/package/gettext-tiny/gettext-tiny.mk
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ define HOST_GETTEXT_TINY_COPY_EXTRA_FILES
 endef
 HOST_GETTEXT_TINY_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += HOST_GETTEXT_TINY_COPY_EXTRA_FILES
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),)
-HOST_GETTEXT_TINY_DEPENDENCIES = libiconv
-endif
-
 define HOST_GETTEXT_TINY_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) \
 		$(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \