diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/fuzzer/Makefile.in b/icu4c/source/test/fuzzer/Makefile.in
index 091571ab95b..5b8e6ead897 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/fuzzer/Makefile.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/fuzzer/Makefile.in
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ FUZZER_TARGETS = \
 		 dtfmtsym_fuzzer \
 		 list_format_fuzzer locale_fuzzer \
 		 locale_morph_fuzzer \
-		 message_formatter_fuzzer \
 		 normalizer2_fuzzer \
 		 number_format_fuzzer \
 		 number_formatter_fuzzer \
@@ -63,6 +62,8 @@ FUZZER_TARGETS = \
 		 uprop_fuzzer \
 		 uregex_open_fuzzer \
 		 uregex_match_fuzzer \
+# Temporary comment out the following until we fix the out-of-memory problem.
+#                message_formatter_fuzzer \
 
 
 OBJECTS = $(FUZZER_TARGETS:%=%.o)