diff --git a/contrib/src/gettext/rules.mak b/contrib/src/gettext/rules.mak
index 18cbf5ffe6f794f6e46ca93d2fc47a53c9509c21..0f334792eccdd541b4cda7d5ea99c8b7a5e494ab 100644
--- a/contrib/src/gettext/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/gettext/rules.mak
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 GETTEXT_VERSION=0.18.1.1
 GETTEXT_URL=$(GNU)/gettext/gettext-$(GETTEXT_VERSION).tar.gz
 
-ifeq ($(call need_pkg,"gettext"),)
-PKGS_FOUND += gettext
-endif
-
 $(TARBALLS)/gettext-$(GETTEXT_VERSION).tar.gz:
 	$(call download,$(GETTEXT_URL))
 
diff --git a/contrib/src/iconv/rules.mak b/contrib/src/iconv/rules.mak
index 742329d604c1823c5c46dec0c5cb639926d55c9b..a599384ce98dac8e4a0833adaa5760d0827e9eb0 100644
--- a/contrib/src/iconv/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/iconv/rules.mak
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 LIBICONV_VERSION=1.13.1
 LIBICONV_URL=$(GNU)/libiconv/libiconv-$(LIBICONV_VERSION).tar.gz
 
-ifeq ($(call need_pkg,"iconv"),)
-PKGS_FOUND += iconv
-endif
-
 $(TARBALLS)/libiconv-$(LIBICONV_VERSION).tar.gz:
 	$(call download,$(LIBICONV_URL))