diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/coll/de_.txt b/icu4c/source/data/coll/de_.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..660dc78cd16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icu4c/source/data/coll/de_.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// ***************************************************************************
+// *
+// * Copyright (C) 2005 International Business Machines
+// * Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
+// * Tool: com.ibm.icu.dev.tool.cldr.LDML2ICUConverter.java
+// * Source File: deprecatedList.xml
+// *
+// ***************************************************************************
+de_{
+    /**
+     * so genrb doesn't issue warnings
+     */
+    ___{""}
+}
diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/coll/es_.txt b/icu4c/source/data/coll/es_.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18f2c30f34e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icu4c/source/data/coll/es_.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// ***************************************************************************
+// *
+// * Copyright (C) 2005 International Business Machines
+// * Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
+// * Tool: com.ibm.icu.dev.tool.cldr.LDML2ICUConverter.java
+// * Source File: deprecatedList.xml
+// *
+// ***************************************************************************
+es_{
+    /**
+     * so genrb doesn't issue warnings
+     */
+    ___{""}
+}
diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/coll/hi_.txt b/icu4c/source/data/coll/hi_.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c94ceb5818f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icu4c/source/data/coll/hi_.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// ***************************************************************************
+// *
+// * Copyright (C) 2005 International Business Machines
+// * Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
+// * Tool: com.ibm.icu.dev.tool.cldr.LDML2ICUConverter.java
+// * Source File: deprecatedList.xml
+// *
+// ***************************************************************************
+hi_{
+    /**
+     * so genrb doesn't issue warnings
+     */
+    ___{""}
+}
diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/coll/zh_.txt b/icu4c/source/data/coll/zh_.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59951544ef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icu4c/source/data/coll/zh_.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// ***************************************************************************
+// *
+// * Copyright (C) 2005 International Business Machines
+// * Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
+// * Tool: com.ibm.icu.dev.tool.cldr.LDML2ICUConverter.java
+// * Source File: deprecatedList.xml
+// *
+// ***************************************************************************
+zh_{
+    /**
+     * so genrb doesn't issue warnings
+     */
+    ___{""}
+}