diff --git a/package/dc3dd/0003-po-fix-build-with-NLS-enabled.patch b/package/dc3dd/0003-po-fix-build-with-NLS-enabled.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3026044501..0000000000
--- a/package/dc3dd/0003-po-fix-build-with-NLS-enabled.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 67d8ff286ebd0ea4c8ef5a02a819bbb6b6273ccd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
-Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2017 10:58:42 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] po: fix build with NLS enabled
-
-Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
----
- po/Makefile.in.in | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-
-diff --git a/po/Makefile.in.in b/po/Makefile.in.in
-index 6a39807..2793c7e 100755
---- a/po/Makefile.in.in
-+++ b/po/Makefile.in.in
-@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ gettextsrcdir = $(datadir)/gettext/po
- INSTALL = @INSTALL@
- INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
- mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) @install_sh@ -d
-+MKDIR_P = @MKDIR_P@
- mkdir_p = @mkdir_p@
- 
- GMSGFMT_ = @GMSGFMT@
--- 
-2.9.3
-
diff --git a/package/dc3dd/dc3dd.mk b/package/dc3dd/dc3dd.mk
index a695524f19..cc89bb63d0 100644
--- a/package/dc3dd/dc3dd.mk
+++ b/package/dc3dd/dc3dd.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ DC3DD_SOURCE = dc3dd-$(DC3DD_VERSION).tar.xz
 DC3DD_SITE = https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/dc3dd/dc3dd/$(DC3DD_VERSION_MAJOR)
 DC3DD_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 DC3DD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-# We are patching the Makefile.am
+# We are patching Makefile.am, so we need to autoreconf. We also need to
+# enable gettextize as dc3dd comes with an old gettext infra.
 DC3DD_AUTORECONF = YES
+DC3DD_GETTEXTIZE = YES
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))