diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu_74-2.bb b/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu_74-2.bb
index 8352bf2a5b..53853e24a5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu_74-2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu_74-2.bb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ TARGET_CXXFLAGS:append = "${@oe.utils.conditional('SITEINFO_ENDIANNESS', 'be', '
 
 ASNEEDED = ""
 
-do_compile:prepend:class-target () {
+remove_build_host_references_from_libicutu () {
 	# Make sure certain build host references do not end up being compiled
 	# in the image. This only affects libicutu and icu-dbg
 	sed  \
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ do_compile:prepend:class-target () {
 	    -i ${B}/tools/toolutil/Makefile
 }
 
+do_compile:prepend:class-target () {
+	remove_build_host_references_from_libicutu
+}
+
+do_compile:prepend:class-nativesdk () {
+	remove_build_host_references_from_libicutu
+}
+
 PREPROCESS_RELOCATE_DIRS = "${datadir}/${BPN}/${PV}"
 do_install:append:class-native() {
 	mkdir -p ${D}/${STAGING_ICU_DIR_NATIVE}/config
@@ -49,6 +57,15 @@ do_install:append:class-native() {
 	cp -r ${B}/tools ${D}/${STAGING_ICU_DIR_NATIVE}
 }
 
+remove_build_host_references() {
+	sed -i  \
+	    -e 's,--sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET},,g' \
+	    -e 's|${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP}||g' \
+	    -e 's:${HOSTTOOLS_DIR}/::g' \
+	    ${D}/${libdir}/${BPN}/${@icu_install_folder(d)}/Makefile.inc \
+	    ${D}/${libdir}/${BPN}/${@icu_install_folder(d)}/pkgdata.inc
+}
+
 do_install:append:class-target() {
     # The native pkgdata can not generate the correct data file.
     # Use icupkg to re-generate it.
@@ -56,14 +73,12 @@ do_install:append:class-target() {
         rm -f ${D}/${datadir}/${BPN}/${@icu_install_folder(d)}/icudt${ICU_MAJOR_VER}b.dat
         icupkg -tb ${S}/data/in/icudt${ICU_MAJOR_VER}l.dat ${D}/${datadir}/${BPN}/${@icu_install_folder(d)}/icudt${ICU_MAJOR_VER}b.dat
     fi
-	
-	# Remove build host references...
-	sed -i  \
-	    -e 's,--sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET},,g' \
-	    -e 's|${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP}||g' \
-	    -e 's:${HOSTTOOLS_DIR}/::g' \
-	    ${D}/${libdir}/${BPN}/${@icu_install_folder(d)}/Makefile.inc \
-	    ${D}/${libdir}/${BPN}/${@icu_install_folder(d)}/pkgdata.inc
+
+	remove_build_host_references
+}
+
+do_install:append:class-nativesdk() {
+	remove_build_host_references
 }
 
 PACKAGES =+ "libicudata libicuuc libicui18n libicutu libicuio"