diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n.dsp b/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n.dsp
index 19098dccbc..f51f548daa 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n.dsp
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n.dsp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ RSC=rc.exe
 # PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
 # PROP Target_Dir ""
 # ADD BASE CPP /nologo /MT /W3 /GX /O2 /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "I18N_EXPORTS" /YX /FD /c
-# ADD CPP /nologo /G6 /MD /W3 /GX /Zi /O2 /Ob2 /I "..\..\source\common" /I "..\..\include" /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "I18N_EXPORTS" /D "U_I18N_IMPLEMENTATION" /FR /YX /FD /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /G6 /MD /W3 /GX /Zi /O2 /Ob2 /I "..\..\include" /I "..\..\source\common" /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "I18N_EXPORTS" /D "U_I18N_IMPLEMENTATION" /FR /YX /FD /c
 # ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
 # ADD MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
 # ADD BASE RSC /l 0x409 /d "NDEBUG"
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ BSC32=bscmake.exe
 # ADD BSC32 /nologo
 LINK32=link.exe
 # ADD BASE LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib /nologo /dll /machine:I386
-# ADD LINK32 ..\..\lib\icuuc.lib /nologo /base:"0x4a900000" /dll /debug /machine:I386 /out:"..\..\bin\icuin18.dll" /implib:"..\..\lib\icuin.lib"
-# SUBTRACT LINK32 /pdb:none
+# ADD LINK32 ..\..\lib\icuuc.lib /nologo /base:"0x4a900000" /dll /machine:I386 /out:"..\..\bin\icuin18.dll" /implib:"..\..\lib\icuin.lib"
+# SUBTRACT LINK32 /pdb:none /debug
 
 !ELSEIF  "$(CFG)" == "i18n - Win32 Debug"
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ LINK32=link.exe
 # ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
 # ADD MTL /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
 # ADD BASE RSC /l 0x409 /d "_DEBUG"
-# ADD RSC /l 0x409 /i "../common" /d "_DEBUG"
+# ADD RSC /l 0x409 /d "_DEBUG"
 BSC32=bscmake.exe
 # ADD BASE BSC32 /nologo
 # ADD BSC32 /nologo
@@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ InputPath=.\unicode\utrans.h
 
 SOURCE=.\i18n.rc
 # ADD BASE RSC /l 0x409
-# ADD RSC /l 0x409 /i "../common"
+# ADD RSC /l 0x409
 # End Source File
 # End Group
 # End Target