diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/intltest.h b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/intltest.h
index 0e43024fac..d53655e3b4 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/intltest.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/intltest.h
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@
 #ifndef _INTLTEST
 #define _INTLTEST
 
-#include "unicode/utypes.h"
-#include "unicode/uobject.h"
-#include "unicode/unistr.h"
+// The following includes utypes.h, uobject.h and unistr.h
 #include "unicode/fmtable.h"
 
 U_NAMESPACE_USE