diff --git a/package/cryptsetup/Config.in b/package/cryptsetup/Config.in
index 5062bba45c..00424af8b8 100644
--- a/package/cryptsetup/Config.in
+++ b/package/cryptsetup/Config.in
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CRYPTSETUP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_C
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARGON2
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	help
 	  This tool helps manipulate dm-crypt and luks partitions for
 	  on-disk encryption.
diff --git a/package/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.mk b/package/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.mk
index 6fff7a1d7b..758d8ef403 100644
--- a/package/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.mk
+++ b/package/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ CRYPTSETUP_SOURCE = cryptsetup-$(CRYPTSETUP_VERSION).tar.xz
 CRYPTSETUP_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/utils/cryptsetup/v$(CRYPTSETUP_VERSION_MAJOR)
 CRYPTSETUP_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	lvm2 popt host-pkgconf json-c libargon2 \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBS),util-linux-libs,util-linux) \
 	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 CRYPTSETUP_LICENSE = Apache-2.0, CC-BY-SA-4.0, GPL-2.0+ (programs), LGPL-2.1+ (library)