diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu_76-1.bb
b/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu_76-1.bb
index 08dabde3ae..f0890fc890 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu_76-1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/icu/icu_76-1.bb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF:class-native = "--disable-icu-config"
 EXTRA_OECONF:class-nativesdk =
"--with-cross-build=${STAGING_ICU_DIR_NATIVE} --disable-icu-config"

 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)}"
+TARGET_CXXFLAGS:append =