diff --git a/.github/workflows/icu_merge_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/icu_merge_ci.yml
index 51d264e7ac8..d920e0566ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/icu_merge_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/icu_merge_ci.yml
@@ -349,11 +349,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build and run unicodesetperf test
         run: |
-          # This file needs to be restored  otherwise GHA cannot
-          # check-out the perfdata branch. Setting up this task with GH lfs
-          # modifies the file but the details of why and how are unknown.
-          git restore --staged tools/multi/proj/icu4cscan/old-xmls.tar.bz2;
-          git restore tools/multi/proj/icu4cscan/old-xmls.tar.bz2;
           cd icu4j;
           mvn ${SHARED_MVN_ARGS} verify -DskipITs -DskipTests;
           git status
@@ -411,11 +406,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build and run ucharacterperf test
         run: |
-          # This file needs to be restored  otherwise GHA cannot
-          # check-out the perfdata branch. Setting up this task with GH lfs
-          # modifies the file but the details of why and how are unknown.
-          git restore --staged tools/multi/proj/icu4cscan/old-xmls.tar.bz2;
-          git restore tools/multi/proj/icu4cscan/old-xmls.tar.bz2;
           cd icu4j;
           mvn ${SHARED_MVN_ARGS} verify -DskipITs -DskipTests;
           cd perf-tests;
@@ -475,11 +465,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build and run decimalformatperf
         run: |
-          # This file needs to be restored  otherwise GHA cannot
-          # check-out the perfdata branch. Setting up this task with GH lfs
-          # modifies the file but the details of why and how are unknown.
-          git restore --staged tools/multi/proj/icu4cscan/old-xmls.tar.bz2;
-          git restore tools/multi/proj/icu4cscan/old-xmls.tar.bz2;
           cd icu4j;
           mvn ${SHARED_MVN_ARGS} verify -DskipITs -DskipTests;
           cd perf-tests;
@@ -546,11 +531,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           DATA_FILE_PATH: data/collation
         run: |
-          # This file needs to be restored  otherwise GHA cannot
-          # check-out the perfdata branch. Setting up this task with GH lfs
-          # modifies the file but the details of why and how are unknown.
-          git restore --staged tools/multi/proj/icu4cscan/old-xmls.tar.bz2;
-          git restore tools/multi/proj/icu4cscan/old-xmls.tar.bz2;
           cd icu4j;
           mvn ${SHARED_MVN_ARGS} verify -DskipITs -DskipTests;
           cd perf-tests;
@@ -685,11 +665,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           DATA_FILE_PATH: data/conversion
         run: |
-          # This file needs to be restored  otherwise GHA cannot
-          # check-out the perfdata branch. Setting up this task with GH lfs
-          # modifies the file but the details of why and how are unknown.
-          git restore --staged tools/multi/proj/icu4cscan/old-xmls.tar.bz2;
-          git restore tools/multi/proj/icu4cscan/old-xmls.tar.bz2;
           cd icu4j;
           mvn ${SHARED_MVN_ARGS} verify -DskipITs -DskipTests;
           cd perf-tests;
@@ -771,11 +746,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "DDIR=${ddir: -1}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Build and run dateformatperf
         run: |
-          # This file needs to be restored  otherwise GHA cannot
-          # check-out the perfdata branch. Setting up this task with GH lfs
-          # modifies the file but the details of why and how are unknown.
-          git restore --staged tools/multi/proj/icu4cscan/old-xmls.tar.bz2
-          git restore tools/multi/proj/icu4cscan/old-xmls.tar.bz2
           cd icu4j;
           mvn ${SHARED_MVN_ARGS} verify -DskipITs -DskipTests;
           cd perf-tests;