diff --git a/icu4c/as_is/os400/configure b/icu4c/as_is/os400/configure
index 831fde753d..ad5a61a802 100755
--- a/icu4c/as_is/os400/configure
+++ b/icu4c/as_is/os400/configure
@@ -4160,7 +4160,7 @@ done
 ac_given_srcdir=$srcdir
 ac_given_INSTALL="$INSTALL"
 
-trap 'del -f `echo "README icudefs.mk \
+trap 'del -f `echo "icudefs.mk \
 		Makefile \
 		data/Makefile data/icupkg.inc \
 		common/Makefile config/Makefile.inc i18n/Makefile \
@@ -4361,7 +4361,7 @@ EOF
 
 cat >> $CONFIG_STATUS <<EOF
 
-CONFIG_FILES=\${CONFIG_FILES-"README icudefs.mk \
+CONFIG_FILES=\${CONFIG_FILES-"icudefs.mk \
 		Makefile \
 		data/Makefile data/icupkg.inc \
 		common/Makefile config/Makefile.inc i18n/Makefile \
diff --git a/icu4c/source/configure b/icu4c/source/configure
index 9a3b6e82f9..66f23d37d3 100755
--- a/icu4c/source/configure
+++ b/icu4c/source/configure
@@ -4160,7 +4160,7 @@ done
 ac_given_srcdir=$srcdir
 ac_given_INSTALL="$INSTALL"
 
-trap 'rm -fr `echo "README icudefs.mk \
+trap 'rm -fr `echo "icudefs.mk \
 		Makefile \
 		data/Makefile data/icupkg.inc \
 		common/Makefile config/Makefile.inc i18n/Makefile \
@@ -4361,7 +4361,7 @@ EOF
 
 cat >> $CONFIG_STATUS <<EOF
 
-CONFIG_FILES=\${CONFIG_FILES-"README icudefs.mk \
+CONFIG_FILES=\${CONFIG_FILES-"icudefs.mk \
 		Makefile \
 		data/Makefile data/icupkg.inc \
 		common/Makefile config/Makefile.inc i18n/Makefile \
diff --git a/icu4c/source/configure.in b/icu4c/source/configure.in
index 531ad29115..8e3563ac1c 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/configure.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/configure.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl Copyright (c) 1999-2003, International Business Machines Corporation and
 dnl others. All Rights Reserved.
 dnl Stephen F. Booth, heavily modified by Yves and others
 
-dnl $Id: configure.in,v 1.200 2003/10/16 21:08:30 grhoten-oss Exp $
+dnl $Id: configure.in,v 1.201 2003/12/03 17:33:41 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script
 AC_INIT(common/unicode/utypes.h)
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ if test "$ac_cv_func_dllload" = "yes"; then
 fi
 
 dnl output the Makefiles
-AC_OUTPUT([README icudefs.mk \
+AC_OUTPUT([icudefs.mk \
 		Makefile \
 		data/Makefile data/icupkg.inc \
 		common/Makefile config/Makefile.inc i18n/Makefile \