diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/repattrn.cpp b/icu4c/source/i18n/repattrn.cpp
index 7899ac3ebf..bcd11078c4 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/repattrn.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/repattrn.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //
 /*
 ***************************************************************************
-*   Copyright (C) 2002-2004 International Business Machines Corporation   *
+*   Copyright (C) 2002-2006 International Business Machines Corporation   *
 *   and others. All rights reserved.                                      *
 ***************************************************************************
 */
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ RegexMatcher *RegexPattern::matcher(const UnicodeString &input,
     return retMatcher;
 }
 
+#if 0
 RegexMatcher *RegexPattern::matcher(const UChar * /*input*/,
                                     UErrorCode          &status)  const 
 {
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ RegexMatcher *RegexPattern::matcher(const UChar * /*input*/,
     }
     return NULL;
 }
-
+#endif
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------
 //
diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/regex.h b/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/regex.h
index d3f97e6259..979082a394 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/regex.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/regex.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 **********************************************************************
-*   Copyright (C) 2002-2005, International Business Machines
+*   Copyright (C) 2002-2006, International Business Machines
 *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
 **********************************************************************
 *   file name:  regex.h
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ private:
      *
      * @internal
      */
-    virtual RegexMatcher *matcher(const UChar *input,
+    RegexMatcher *matcher(const UChar *input,
         UErrorCode          &status) const;
 public: