diff --git a/idl/Executable_svidl.mk b/idl/Executable_svidl.mk
index c3c52a4d7df93d5c85cb5bf5b7bac4f5a07e23fb..b2b3ecd960c2242270bd5f7d4a1ef578ed281044 100644
--- a/idl/Executable_svidl.mk
+++ b/idl/Executable_svidl.mk
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ $(eval $(call gb_Executable_use_libraries,svidl,\
 	$(gb_UWINAPI) \
 ))
 
-$(eval $(call gb_Executable_use_externals,svidl,\
-    icudata \
-    icuuc \
-    icui18n \
-))
 $(eval $(call gb_Executable_add_exception_objects,svidl,\
 	idl/source/cmptools/hash \
 	idl/source/cmptools/lex \
diff --git a/l10ntools/Executable_helpex.mk b/l10ntools/Executable_helpex.mk
index 011867174192e995e951dc57a6974a757b094e8a..c7f5cce1c0f3c01fa1571333e1d5e263ba7e7208 100644
--- a/l10ntools/Executable_helpex.mk
+++ b/l10ntools/Executable_helpex.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ $(eval $(call gb_Executable_use_externals,helpex,\
 	boost_headers \
 	icu_headers \
     libxml2 \
-	icudata \
     icuuc \
     icui18n \
 ))
diff --git a/l10ntools/Executable_xrmex.mk b/l10ntools/Executable_xrmex.mk
index d4dc6a2f7716ea724fcc610ace658846f6cbecc0..109198dc2e6b739e3f083e0dd8d9f0451b8edd49 100644
--- a/l10ntools/Executable_xrmex.mk
+++ b/l10ntools/Executable_xrmex.mk
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ $(eval $(call gb_Executable_add_exception_objects,xrmex,\
 $(eval $(call gb_Executable_use_externals,xrmex,\
     boost_headers \
     libxml2 \
-    icudata \
     icuuc \
     icui18n \
     icu_headers \
diff --git a/rsc/Executable_rsc.mk b/rsc/Executable_rsc.mk
index aab032224666a893b8bbfc5c2cd1bc0dc438d4eb..ed779e60b845f2bf65bb6680b96627b3bd026bff 100644
--- a/rsc/Executable_rsc.mk
+++ b/rsc/Executable_rsc.mk
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ $(eval $(call gb_Executable_use_libraries,rsc,\
 	$(gb_UWINAPI) \
 ))
 
-$(eval $(call gb_Executable_use_externals,rsc,\
-    icudata \
-    icuuc \
-    icui18n \
-))
-
 $(eval $(call gb_Executable_add_grammars,rsc,\
 	rsc/source/parser/rscyacc \
 ))