diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/timezone.h b/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/timezone.h
index affee40630..7c682ad6c9 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/timezone.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/timezone.h
@@ -534,7 +534,6 @@ private:
     static const UChar              GMT_ID[];
     static const int32_t            GMT_ID_LENGTH;
     static const UChar              CUSTOM_ID[];
-    static const TimeZone           GMT_OBJ;
 
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // Pointers into memory-mapped icudata.  Writing to this memory