diff --git a/icu4j/main/classes/core/.classpath b/icu4j/main/classes/core/.classpath
index 01e084cf45a..11e1777405a 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/classes/core/.classpath
+++ b/icu4j/main/classes/core/.classpath
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 <classpath>
 	<classpathentry excluding="**/.svn/" kind="src" path="src"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/J2SE-1.5"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="/icu4j-shared/build/eclipse-dummy.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="out/bin"/>
 </classpath>