diff --git a/lib/sde-config/main.in b/lib/sde-config/main.in
index 8553876..9962bdc 100644
--- a/lib/sde-config/main.in
+++ b/lib/sde-config/main.in
@@ -388,9 +388,6 @@ break packages!'
 	bool 'Disable exceptions and rtti in C++' SDECFG_LIMITCXX 0
 
 	bool 'Disable National Language Support' SDECFG_DISABLE_NLS 0
-	if [ "$SDECFG_DISABLE_NLS" = 1 ] ; then
-		pkgremove gettext
-	fi
 
 	bool 'Automatic documentation creation' SDECFG_CREATE_DOCS 0