diff --git a/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk b/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
index ecd7d5dbfe..c06ded2a5b 100644
--- a/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
+++ b/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ LIBGLIB2_MESON_EXTRA_PROPERTIES = \
 	have_c99_snprintf=true \
 	have_unix98_printf=true
 
-ifneq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),y)
-LIBGLIB2_DEPENDENCIES += libiconv
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS),y)
 LIBGLIB2_DEPENDENCIES += elfutils
 endif
@@ -74,7 +70,6 @@ LIBGLIB2_LDFLAGS += -latomic
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),y)
-LIBGLIB2_CONF_OPTS += -Diconv=external
 LIBGLIB2_DEPENDENCIES += libiconv
 endif