diff --git a/package/json-glib/Config.in b/package/json-glib/Config.in
index ea15295b38..9df03d924a 100644
--- a/package/json-glib/Config.in
+++ b/package/json-glib/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_GLIB
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # glib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # glib2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
 	help
 	  JSON-GLib is a library providing serialization and
 	  deserialization support for the JavaScript Object Notation
diff --git a/package/json-glib/json-glib.mk b/package/json-glib/json-glib.mk
index db22dc9a78..5ee43d9a12 100644
--- a/package/json-glib/json-glib.mk
+++ b/package/json-glib/json-glib.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ JSON_GLIB_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 JSON_GLIB_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 JSON_GLIB_DEPENDENCIES = \
-	$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext) \
+	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	libglib2