diff --git a/icu4c/source/runConfigureICU b/icu4c/source/runConfigureICU
index 27a2d20584d..470e7d6d03a 100755
--- a/icu4c/source/runConfigureICU
+++ b/icu4c/source/runConfigureICU
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ case $platform in
     SOLARISGCC)
         THE_OS=SOLARIS
         THE_COMP="the GNU C++"
-        CXXFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include/g++; export CXXFLAGS
-        LDFLAGS=-R/usr/local/lib; export LDFLAGS
+        CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -I/usr/local/include/g++"; export CXXFLAGS
+        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -R/usr/local/lib"; export LDFLAGS
         RELEASE_CXXFLAGS=-O
         RELEASE_CFLAGS=-O3
         ;;
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/iotest/iotest.cpp b/icu4c/source/test/iotest/iotest.cpp
index 5cde5a59030..a05d2e4406e 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/iotest/iotest.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/iotest/iotest.cpp
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ static void DataDrivenScanf(void) {
     double dbl, expectedDbl;
     int32_t uBufferLenReturned;
 
-    const char *fileLocale = "en_US_POSIX";
+    //const char *fileLocale = "en_US_POSIX";
     //int32_t uFileBufferLenReturned;
     //UFILE *testFile;