diff --git a/meta/classes/gettext.bbclass b/meta/classes/gettext.bbclass
index 1793748af2..89faa30eca 100644
--- a/meta/classes/gettext.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/gettext.bbclass
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ def gettext_dependencies(d):
         return ""
     if d.getVar('INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS', True) and not oe.utils.inherits(d, 'cross-canadian'):
         return ""
-    if oe.utils.inherits(d, 'native'):
+    if oe.utils.inherits(d, 'native', 'cross'):
         return "gettext-minimal-native"
     return d.getVar('DEPENDS_GETTEXT', False)
 
 def gettext_oeconf(d):
-    if oe.utils.inherits(d, 'native'):
+    if oe.utils.inherits(d, 'native', 'cross'):
         return '--disable-nls'
     # Remove the NLS bits if USE_NLS is no.
-    if d.getVar('USE_NLS', True) == 'no' and not oe.utils.inherits(d, 'native', 'nativesdk', 'cross', 'cross-canadian'):
+    if d.getVar('USE_NLS', True) == 'no' and not oe.utils.inherits(d, 'nativesdk', 'cross-canadian'):
         return '--disable-nls'
     return "--enable-nls"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross.inc
index f07907ef13..80152a9b4c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET} \
                 --program-prefix=${TARGET_PREFIX} \
                 --disable-install-libbfd \
                 --disable-werror \
-                --disable-nls \
                 --enable-poison-system-directories \
                 ${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ld-is-gold', '--enable-gold=default', '', d)} \
                 ${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'multiarch', '--enable-64-bit-bfd', '', d)}"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-cross.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-cross.inc
index d2d908140e..3e3742349d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-cross.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-cross.inc
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ USE_NLS = '${@base_conditional( "TARGET_OS", "linux-uclibc", "no", "", d )}'
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += " --enable-poison-system-directories \
 		  --with-headers=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${SYSTEMHEADERS} \
-                  --disable-nls \
 		"
 
 INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-initial.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-initial.inc
index d58bf7083e..f0e7810273 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-initial.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-initial.inc
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-local-prefix=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${target_prefix} \
 		--without-headers \
 		--disable-shared \
 		--disable-threads \
-		--disable-nls \
 		--disable-multilib \
 		--disable-__cxa_atexit \
 		--enable-languages=c \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-intermediate.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-intermediate.inc
index f368ae9d7e..ea105e6eb0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-intermediate.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-intermediate.inc
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ CROSS_TARGET_SYS_DIR_append = ".${PN}"
 # preferred linker.
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-local-prefix=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${target_prefix} \
 		--enable-shared \
-		--disable-nls \
 		--disable-multilib \
 		--disable-threads \
 		--enable-languages=c \