diff --git a/meta/classes/cross.bbclass b/meta/classes/cross.bbclass
index e9fafed783..4e85cab2d1 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cross.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cross.bbclass
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ LDFLAGS_build-darwin = "-L${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}"
 
 TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS = ""
 
-DEPENDS_GETTEXT = "gettext-native"
-
 # This class encodes staging paths into its scripts data so can only be
 # reused if we manipulate the paths.
 SSTATE_SCAN_CMD ?= "${SSTATE_SCAN_CMD_NATIVE}"
diff --git a/meta/classes/native.bbclass b/meta/classes/native.bbclass
index 9c434dce83..a911f2aebd 100644
--- a/meta/classes/native.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/native.bbclass
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ STAGING_BINDIR_CROSS = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}"
 # native pkg doesn't need the TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS.
 TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS = ""
 
-DEPENDS_GETTEXT = "gettext-native"
-
 # Don't build ptest natively
 PTEST_ENABLED = "0"