diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/utypes.h b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/utypes.h
index d6b30119b9e..47a3590c2e9 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/utypes.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/utypes.h
@@ -198,18 +198,17 @@
  */
 #define U_ICUDATA_ENTRY_POINT  U_DEF2_ICUDATA_ENTRY_POINT(U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM, U_ICU_VERSION_MINOR_NUM)
 
-#ifndef U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API
 /**
+ * Do not use.
  * @internal
  */
 #define U_DEF2_ICUDATA_ENTRY_POINT(major, minor) U_DEF_ICUDATA_ENTRY_POINT(major, minor)
 /**
+ * Do not use.
  * @internal
  */
 #define U_DEF_ICUDATA_ENTRY_POINT(major, minor) icudt##major##minor##_dat
 
-#endif /* U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API */
-
 /**
  * \def U_CALLCONV
  * Similar to U_CDECL_BEGIN/U_CDECL_END, this qualifier is necessary