diff --git a/package/icu/icu.mk b/package/icu/icu.mk
index bce9696033..1c75e92b26 100644
--- a/package/icu/icu.mk
+++ b/package/icu/icu.mk
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
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 ICU_VERSION:=4c-3_8_1
-ICU_VERSION_NUM:=3.8.1
 ICU_SOURCE:=icu$(ICU_VERSION)-src.tgz
-ICU_SITE:=http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/$(ICU_VERSION_NUM)
+ICU_SITE:=http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/icu
 ICU_CAT:=$(ZCAT)
 ICU_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/icu/source
 ICU_HOST_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/icu-host/source