diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu_75-1.bb b/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu_75-1.bb
index 8f7f5e6cc7..9922469672 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu_75-1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu_75-1.bb
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ remove_build_host_references() {
 	sed -i  \
 	    -e 's,--sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET},,g' \
 	    -e 's|${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP}||g' \
-	    -e 's:${HOSTTOOLS_DIR}/::g' \
+	    -e 's:${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}::g' \
 	    ${D}/${libdir}/${BPN}/${@icu_install_folder(d)}/Makefile.inc \
 	    ${D}/${libdir}/${BPN}/${@icu_install_folder(d)}/pkgdata.inc
 }