diff --git a/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk b/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
index 62595a0a36..a0f6af9ffd 100644
--- a/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
+++ b/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ NETWORK_MANAGER_CPE_ID_PRODUCT = networkmanager
 NETWORK_MANAGER_SELINUX_MODULES = networkmanager
 
 NETWORK_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES = \
-	host-intltool \
 	host-libxslt \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	dbus \