diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/locales/de__PHONEBOOK.txt b/icu4c/source/data/locales/de__PHONEBOOK.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index bbbf1ad3547..00000000000
--- a/icu4c/source/data/locales/de__PHONEBOOK.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// ***************************************************************************
-// *
-// *   Copyright (C) 1997-2003, International Business Machines
-// *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
-// *
-// ***************************************************************************
-
-de__PHONEBOOK {
-    Version { "1.0" }
-    collations {
-      default { "phonebook" }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/locales/es__TRADITIONAL.txt b/icu4c/source/data/locales/es__TRADITIONAL.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 538042c9628..00000000000
--- a/icu4c/source/data/locales/es__TRADITIONAL.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// ***************************************************************************
-// *
-// *   Copyright (C) 1997-2003, International Business Machines
-// *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
-// *
-// ***************************************************************************
-
-es__TRADITIONAL {
-    Version { "2.0" }
-    collations {
-      default { "traditional" }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/locales/hi__DIRECT.txt b/icu4c/source/data/locales/hi__DIRECT.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index c4354417575..00000000000
--- a/icu4c/source/data/locales/hi__DIRECT.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// ***************************************************************************
-// *
-// *   Copyright (C) 1997-2003, International Business Machines
-// *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
-// *
-// ***************************************************************************
-
-hi__DIRECT {
-    Version { "1.1" }
-    // This is the order ICU originaly used
-    collations {
-      default { "direct" }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/locales/zh_TW_STROKE.txt b/icu4c/source/data/locales/zh_TW_STROKE.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 4667fbfbdfb..00000000000
--- a/icu4c/source/data/locales/zh_TW_STROKE.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// ***************************************************************************
-// *
-// *   Copyright (C) 1997-2003, International Business Machines
-// *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
-// *
-// ***************************************************************************
-
-zh_TW_STROKE {
-    Version{ "2.0" }
-    collations { 
-      default { "stroke" }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/locales/zh__PINYIN.txt b/icu4c/source/data/locales/zh__PINYIN.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2627dbcd845..00000000000
--- a/icu4c/source/data/locales/zh__PINYIN.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// *******************************************************************************
-// *
-// *   Copyright (C) 1997-2003, International Business Machines
-// *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
-// *
-// *******************************************************************************
-
-zh__PINYIN {
-    Version{ "1.0" }
-    collations {
-      default { "pinyin" }
-    }
-}