diff --git a/package/diffutils/Config.in b/package/diffutils/Config.in
index 97cb38b8f8..3c38f25ffd 100644
--- a/package/diffutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/diffutils/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DIFFUTILS
 	bool "diffutils"
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE
 	help
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diff --git a/package/diffutils/diffutils.mk b/package/diffutils/diffutils.mk
index 4662e2bc3a..6e5b9b6744 100644
--- a/package/diffutils/diffutils.mk
+++ b/package/diffutils/diffutils.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 DIFFUTILS_VERSION = 3.6
 DIFFUTILS_SOURCE = diffutils-$(DIFFUTILS_VERSION).tar.xz
 DIFFUTILS_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/diffutils
-DIFFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext)
+DIFFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 DIFFUTILS_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 DIFFUTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING