diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/windtfmt.h b/icu4c/source/i18n/windtfmt.h
index 0c182f54e64..663ee16c174 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/windtfmt.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/windtfmt.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 ********************************************************************************
-*   Copyright (C) 2005-2013, International Business Machines
+*   Copyright (C) 2005-2015, International Business Machines
 *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
 ********************************************************************************
 *
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public:
 
     UnicodeString &format(Calendar &cal, UnicodeString &appendTo, FieldPosition &pos) const;
 
-    UnicodeString& format(UDate date, UnicodeString& appendTo) const;
+    using DateFormat::format;
 
     void parse(const UnicodeString& text, Calendar& cal, ParsePosition& pos) const;
 
@@ -127,10 +127,6 @@ private:
     TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION *fTZI;
 };
 
-inline UnicodeString &Win32DateFormat::format(UDate date, UnicodeString& appendTo) const {
-    return DateFormat::format(date, appendTo);
-}
-
 U_NAMESPACE_END
 
 #endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_FORMATTING */
diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/winnmfmt.h b/icu4c/source/i18n/winnmfmt.h
index 5421a454e14..14b72cd9cf0 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/winnmfmt.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/winnmfmt.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 ********************************************************************************
-*   Copyright (C) 2005-2014, International Business Machines
+*   Copyright (C) 2005-2015, International Business Machines
 *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
 ********************************************************************************
 *
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ public:
                                   UnicodeString& appendTo,
                                   FieldPosition& pos) const;
 
+    using NumberFormat::format;
+
 // Use the default behavior for the following.
 //    virtual UnicodeString &format(double number, UnicodeString &appendTo) const;
 //    virtual UnicodeString &format(int32_t number, UnicodeString &appendTo) const;