diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 15d4d34f46..c1cf7a957b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@ if(EMSCRIPTEN)
     target_link_libraries(WASM::WASM INTERFACE "--preload-file ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/ai@/ai")
     target_link_libraries(WASM::WASM INTERFACE "--preload-file ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/game@/game")
     target_link_libraries(WASM::WASM INTERFACE "--preload-file ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/scripts@/scripts")
-    target_link_libraries(WASM::WASM INTERFACE "--preload-file ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/icudt68l.dat@/share/icu/68.2/icudt68l.dat")
     target_link_libraries(WASM::WASM INTERFACE "--preload-file ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/fonts@/fonts")
+    #target_link_libraries(WASM::WASM INTERFACE "--preload-file ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/icudt68l.dat@/share/icu/68.2/icudt68l.dat")
     #target_link_libraries(WASM::WASM INTERFACE "--preload-file ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/timidity@/timidity")
 
     # We use IDBFS for persistent storage.
diff --git a/os/emscripten/emscripten-build.sh b/os/emscripten/emscripten-build.sh
index ebbafb0082..bb76744175 100755
--- a/os/emscripten/emscripten-build.sh
+++ b/os/emscripten/emscripten-build.sh
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ mkdir -p baseset
 	rm openmsx-0.4.0.tar
 }
 
-[ -e icudt68l.dat ] || {
-	cp -f "`em-config EMSCRIPTEN_ROOT`/cache/ports-builds/icu/source/data/in/icudt68l.dat" ./ || exit 1
-}
+#[ -e icudt68l.dat ] || {
+#	cp -f "`em-config EMSCRIPTEN_ROOT`/cache/ports-builds/icu/source/data/in/icudt68l.dat" ./ || exit 1
+#}
 
 [ -e fonts ] || {
 	wget -nc https://sourceforge.net/projects/libsdl-android/files/openttd-fonts.zip || exit 1