2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/as-needed.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/as-needed.inc
index 94f5b90593..305e654ca9 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/as-needed.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/as-needed.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 ASNEEDED = "-Wl,--as-needed"
 
 ASNEEDED_pn-openobex = ""
-ASNEEDED_pn-icu = ""
 ASNEEDED_pn-pciutils = ""
 ASNEEDED_pn-puzzles = ""
 ASNEEDED_pn-rpm = ""
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu.inc b/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu.inc
index 983118cd61..f0786baa03 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu.inc
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ EXTRA_OECONF_class-nativesdk = "--with-cross-build=${STAGING_ICU_DIR_NATIVE}"
 EXTRA_OECONF_append_class-target = "${@oe.utils.conditional('SITEINFO_ENDIANNESS', 'be', ' --with-data-packaging=archive', '', d)}"
 TARGET_CXXFLAGS_append = "${@oe.utils.conditional('SITEINFO_ENDIANNESS', 'be', ' -DICU_DATA_DIR=\\""${datadir}/${BPN}/${PV}\\""', '', d)}"
 
+ASNEEDED = ""
+
 # strtod_l() is not supported by musl; also xlocale.h is missing
 # It is not possible to disable its use via configure switches or env vars
 # so monkey patching is needed.