diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 76f013c5..426dc228 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -511,13 +511,11 @@ OBJS:=$(i_main_o) \
 # For reference, this is the command I use to build a srb2.pot file from the source code.
 # (The listed source files are the ones containing translated strings).
 # FILES=""; for file in `find ./ | grep "\.c" | grep -v svn`; do [ "`grep "M_GetText(" $file`" ] && FILES="$FILES $file"; done; xgettext -d srb2 -o locale/srb2.pot -kM_GetText -F --no-wrap $FILES
-ifndef NOGETTEXT
 ifdef GETTEXT
 POS:=$(BIN)/en.mo
 
 OPTS+=-DGETTEXT
 endif
-endif
 
 ifdef DJGPPDOS
 all:	 pre-build $(BIN)/$(EXENAME)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.cfg b/src/Makefile.cfg
index 22546fbf..5bf7f247 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.cfg
+++ b/src/Makefile.cfg
@@ -283,9 +283,6 @@ else
 ifdef LINUX
 	NASMFORMAT=elf -DLINUX
 	SDL=1
-ifndef NOGETTEXT
-	GETTEXT=1
-endif
 ifdef LINUX64
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Linux64
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Linux64
@@ -321,9 +318,6 @@ else
 ifdef MINGW64
 	INTERFACE=win32
 	#NASMFORMAT=win64
-ifndef NOGETTEXT
-	#GETTEXT=1
-endif
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Mingw64
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Mingw64
 else
@@ -354,9 +348,6 @@ else
 ifdef MINGW
 	INTERFACE=win32
 	NASMFORMAT=win32
-ifndef NOGETTEXT
-	#GETTEXT=1
-endif
 	OBJDIR:=$(OBJDIR)/Mingw
 	BIN:=$(BIN)/Mingw
 else