diff --git a/package/x11r7/xlib_libXpm/xlib_libXpm.mk b/package/x11r7/xlib_libXpm/xlib_libXpm.mk
index c8c5496514..e781a8b518 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xlib_libXpm/xlib_libXpm.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/xlib_libXpm/xlib_libXpm.mk
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ XLIB_LIBXPM_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 # we patch configure.ac
 XLIB_LIBXPM_AUTORECONF = YES
 XLIB_LIBXPM_DEPENDENCIES = xlib_libX11 xlib_libXext xlib_libXt xproto_xproto \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT),gettext) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv) \
-	host-gettext
+	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))