diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/brkiter.cpp b/icu4c/source/common/brkiter.cpp
index 85028cb3f2e..e8b10f78d27 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/brkiter.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/brkiter.cpp
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
 
 U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
-const int32_t BreakIterator::DONE = (int32_t)-1;
-
 // -------------------------------------
 
 BreakIterator*
diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/brkiter.h b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/brkiter.h
index 33eb160e8ce..72d66f932fc 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/brkiter.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/brkiter.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 ********************************************************************************
-*   Copyright (C) 1997-2004, International Business Machines
+*   Copyright (C) 1997-2005, International Business Machines
 *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
 ********************************************************************************
 *
@@ -271,16 +271,14 @@ public:
      */
     virtual void  adoptText(CharacterIterator* it) = 0;
 
-    /**
-     * DONE is returned by previous() and next() after all valid
-     * boundaries have been returned.
-     * @stable ICU 2.0
-     */
-#ifdef U_CYGWIN
-    static U_COMMON_API const int32_t DONE;
-#else
-    static const int32_t DONE;
-#endif
+    enum {
+        /**
+         * DONE is returned by previous() and next() after all valid
+         * boundaries have been returned.
+         * @stable ICU 2.0
+         */
+        DONE = (int32_t)-1
+    };
 
     /**
      * Return the index of the first character in the text being scanned.
diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/uniset.h b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/uniset.h
index 3e330e2b9a1..9e45b52f1cb 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/uniset.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/uniset.h
@@ -276,25 +276,19 @@ class U_COMMON_API UnicodeSet : public UnicodeFilter {
 
 public:
 
-    /**
-     * Minimum value that can be stored in a UnicodeSet.
-     * @stable ICU 2.4
-     */
-#ifdef U_CYGWIN
-    static U_COMMON_API const UChar32 MIN_VALUE;
-#else
-    static const UChar32 MIN_VALUE;
-#endif
+    enum {
+        /**
+         * Minimum value that can be stored in a UnicodeSet.
+         * @stable ICU 2.4
+         */
+        MIN_VALUE = 0,
 
-    /**
-     * Maximum value that can be stored in a UnicodeSet.
-     * @stable ICU 2.4
-     */
-#ifdef U_CYGWIN
-    static U_COMMON_API const UChar32 MAX_VALUE;
-#else
-    static const UChar32 MAX_VALUE;
-#endif
+        /**
+         * Maximum value that can be stored in a UnicodeSet.
+         * @stable ICU 2.4
+         */
+        MAX_VALUE = 0x10ffff
+    };
 
     //----------------------------------------------------------------
     // Constructors &c
diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/uniset.cpp b/icu4c/source/common/uniset.cpp
index 07794e70519..e93462d7a82 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/uniset.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/uniset.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 **********************************************************************
-*   Copyright (C) 1999-2004, International Business Machines
+*   Copyright (C) 1999-2005, International Business Machines
 *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
 **********************************************************************
 *   Date        Name        Description
@@ -57,16 +57,6 @@ U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
 SymbolTable::~SymbolTable() {}
 
-/**
- * Minimum value that can be stored in a UnicodeSet.
- */
-const UChar32 UnicodeSet::MIN_VALUE = UNICODESET_LOW;
-
-/**
- * Maximum value that can be stored in a UnicodeSet.
- */
-const UChar32 UnicodeSet::MAX_VALUE = UNICODESET_HIGH - 1;
-
 UOBJECT_DEFINE_RTTI_IMPLEMENTATION(UnicodeSet)
 
 /**
diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/nultrans.cpp b/icu4c/source/i18n/nultrans.cpp
index 1e1010e6d6e..efa5c87a015 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/nultrans.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/nultrans.cpp
@@ -18,13 +18,7 @@ U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
 UOBJECT_DEFINE_RTTI_IMPLEMENTATION(NullTransliterator)
 
-// "Any-Null"
-const UChar NullTransliterator::ID[] = {65,110,121,45,0x4E, 0x75, 0x6C, 0x6C, 0x00};
-
-// "Null"
-const UChar NullTransliterator::SHORT_ID[] = {0x4E, 0x75, 0x6C, 0x6C, 0x00};
-
-NullTransliterator::NullTransliterator() : Transliterator(ID, 0) {}
+NullTransliterator::NullTransliterator() : Transliterator(UNICODE_STRING_SIMPLE("Any-Null"), 0) {}
 
 NullTransliterator::~NullTransliterator() {}
 
diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/nultrans.h b/icu4c/source/i18n/nultrans.h
index 3af6939d1f0..ce7a427df13 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/nultrans.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/nultrans.h
@@ -27,18 +27,6 @@ class U_I18N_API NullTransliterator : public Transliterator {
 
 public:
 
-    /**
-     * ID for this transliterator.
-     * @internal Use transliterator factory methods instead since this class will be removed in that release.
-     */
-    static const UChar ID[]; // public for Transliterator
-
-    /**
-     * ID for this transliterator.
-     * @internal Use transliterator factory methods instead since this class will be removed in that release.
-     */
-    static const UChar SHORT_ID[]; // public for Transliterator
-
     /**
      * Constructs a transliterator.
      * @internal Use transliterator factory methods instead since this class will be removed in that release.
diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/translit.cpp b/icu4c/source/i18n/translit.cpp
index 734fe3e1c55..4e1e5ca1aa4 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/translit.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/translit.cpp
@@ -1526,8 +1526,8 @@ UBool Transliterator::initializeRegistry() {
     NormalizationTransliterator::registerIDs();
     AnyTransliterator::registerIDs();
 
-    _registerSpecialInverse(NullTransliterator::SHORT_ID,
-                            NullTransliterator::SHORT_ID, FALSE);
+    _registerSpecialInverse(UNICODE_STRING_SIMPLE("Null"),
+                            UNICODE_STRING_SIMPLE("Null"), FALSE);
     _registerSpecialInverse(UNICODE_STRING_SIMPLE("Upper"),
                             UNICODE_STRING_SIMPLE("Lower"), TRUE);
     _registerSpecialInverse(UNICODE_STRING_SIMPLE("Title"),
diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/transreg.cpp b/icu4c/source/i18n/transreg.cpp
index 4586f0211ea..854b7fc758d 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/transreg.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/transreg.cpp
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ Transliterator* TransliteratorRegistry::reget(const UnicodeString& ID,
                 // No idBlock, no data -- this is just an
                 // alias for Null
                 entry->entryType = Entry::ALIAS;
-                entry->stringArg = NullTransliterator::ID;
+                entry->stringArg = UNICODE_STRING_SIMPLE("Any-Null");
             } else {
                 // No idBlock, data != 0 -- this is an
                 // ordinary RBT_DATA