diff --git a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/translit/UnicodeSetTest.java b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/translit/UnicodeSetTest.java
index 16ef452ced3..9e24520b1b1 100755
--- a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/translit/UnicodeSetTest.java
+++ b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/translit/UnicodeSetTest.java
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  *******************************************************************************
  *
  * $Source: /xsrl/Nsvn/icu/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/translit/UnicodeSetTest.java,v $ 
- * $Date: 2001/12/01 01:47:32 $ 
- * $Revision: 1.19 $
+ * $Date: 2001/12/03 18:32:24 $ 
+ * $Revision: 1.20 $
  *
  *****************************************************************************************
  */
@@ -43,20 +43,6 @@ public class UnicodeSetTest extends TestFmwk {
                 if (!toPatternAux(i, 0xFFFF)) continue;
             }
         }
-
-        String spat = "[:nonspacing mark:]";
-        UnicodeSet s = new UnicodeSet(spat);
-        String tpat = s.toPattern(true);
-        try {
-            UnicodeSet t = new UnicodeSet(tpat);
-            if (!s.equals(t)) {
-                errln("FAIL: " + spat + ".toPattern().new UnicodeSet() => " +
-                      t.toPattern(true));
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            errln("FAIL: " + spat + ".toPattern() => " + tpat +
-                  ": INVALID PATTERN");
-        }
     }
     
     static String[] OTHER_TOPATTERN_TESTS = {
diff --git a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/test/translit/UnicodeSetTest.java b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/test/translit/UnicodeSetTest.java
index 3c336281068..8b88a5c7515 100755
--- a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/test/translit/UnicodeSetTest.java
+++ b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/test/translit/UnicodeSetTest.java
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  *******************************************************************************
  *
  * $Source: /xsrl/Nsvn/icu/icu4j/src/com/ibm/test/translit/Attic/UnicodeSetTest.java,v $ 
- * $Date: 2001/12/01 01:47:32 $ 
- * $Revision: 1.19 $
+ * $Date: 2001/12/03 18:32:24 $ 
+ * $Revision: 1.20 $
  *
  *****************************************************************************************
  */
@@ -43,20 +43,6 @@ public class UnicodeSetTest extends TestFmwk {
                 if (!toPatternAux(i, 0xFFFF)) continue;
             }
         }
-
-        String spat = "[:nonspacing mark:]";
-        UnicodeSet s = new UnicodeSet(spat);
-        String tpat = s.toPattern(true);
-        try {
-            UnicodeSet t = new UnicodeSet(tpat);
-            if (!s.equals(t)) {
-                errln("FAIL: " + spat + ".toPattern().new UnicodeSet() => " +
-                      t.toPattern(true));
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            errln("FAIL: " + spat + ".toPattern() => " + tpat +
-                  ": INVALID PATTERN");
-        }
     }
     
     static String[] OTHER_TOPATTERN_TESTS = {