diff --git a/archivers/dpkg/Makefile b/archivers/dpkg/Makefile
index 12c4bd15753b..1ca3a1bce8ad 100644
--- a/archivers/dpkg/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/dpkg/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ MAINTAINER=	perky@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Package maintenance system for Debian
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-USE_GETTEXT=	yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
 USE_ICONV=	yes
 USE_PERL5=	yes
diff --git a/archivers/gtar/Makefile b/archivers/gtar/Makefile
index 39b83bdbe87d..2291b7ba25a4 100644
--- a/archivers/gtar/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/gtar/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ COMMENT=	GNU version of the traditional tar archiver
 INFO=		tar
 
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
-USE_GETTEXT=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--program-prefix=g
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	CPPFLAGS='-I${LOCALBASE}/include' \
diff --git a/dns/mydns-ng/Makefile b/dns/mydns-ng/Makefile
index c5b175b41273..8af5630a33f6 100644
--- a/dns/mydns-ng/Makefile
+++ b/dns/mydns-ng/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ COMMENT=	DNS server designed to utilize the MySQL database
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-confdir=${PREFIX}/etc
 USE_ICONV=	yes
-USE_GETTEXT=	yes
 USE_LIBTOOL_VER=	13
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
 
diff --git a/dns/mydns/Makefile b/dns/mydns/Makefile
index c5b175b41273..8af5630a33f6 100644
--- a/dns/mydns/Makefile
+++ b/dns/mydns/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ COMMENT=	DNS server designed to utilize the MySQL database
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-confdir=${PREFIX}/etc
 USE_ICONV=	yes
-USE_GETTEXT=	yes
 USE_LIBTOOL_VER=	13
 USE_BZIP2=	yes