diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 18818fa86c..59fa851a64 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ menu "Development tools"
 	source "package/git/Config.in"
 	source "package/gperf/Config.in"
 	source "package/grep/Config.in"
-	source "package/intltool/Config.in"
 	source "package/jq/Config.in"
 	source "package/libtool/Config.in"
 	source "package/make/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/intltool/Config.in b/package/intltool/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 4643a899d7..0000000000
--- a/package/intltool/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_INTLTOOL
-	bool "intltool"
-	# Hide from configuration as we only support the host package
-	# for the moment
-	depends on BR2_HOST_ONLY
-	help
-	  Utility scripts for internationalizing XML
-
-	  http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/intltool
diff --git a/package/intltool/intltool.mk b/package/intltool/intltool.mk
index fb801a17b4..dbef80f985 100644
--- a/package/intltool/intltool.mk
+++ b/package/intltool/intltool.mk
@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@ INTLTOOL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 HOST_INTLTOOL_DEPENDENCIES = host-gettext host-libxml-parser-perl
 
-$(eval $(autotools-package))
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))