--- misc/icu/source/config/mh-linux
+++ misc/build/icu/source/config/mh-linux
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 ## Compiler switch to embed a library name
 # The initial tab in the next line is to prevent icu-config from reading it.
-	LD_SONAME = -Wl,-soname -Wl,$(notdir $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET))
+#	LD_SONAME = -Wl,-soname -Wl,$(notdir $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET))
 #SH# # We can't depend on MIDDLE_SO_TARGET being set.
 #SH# LD_SONAME=