diff --git a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/Utility.java b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/Utility.java
index 63721c8d8af..3acd8a9a268 100755
--- a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/Utility.java
+++ b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/Utility.java
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  *******************************************************************************
  *
  * $Source: /xsrl/Nsvn/icu/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/Utility.java,v $
- * $Date: 2002/07/08 23:52:14 $
- * $Revision: 1.25 $
+ * $Date: 2002/07/17 23:48:06 $
+ * $Revision: 1.26 $
  *
  *****************************************************************************************
  */
@@ -1445,7 +1445,8 @@ public final class Utility {
                 }
                 if (quoteBuf.length() > 0) {
                     rule.append(APOSTROPHE);
-                    rule.append(quoteBuf);
+                    // jdk 1.3.1 does not have append(StringBuffer) yet
+                    rule.append(quoteBuf.toString());
                     rule.append(APOSTROPHE);
                     quoteBuf.setLength(0);
                 }
diff --git a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/text/CollationElementIterator.java b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/text/CollationElementIterator.java
index c6339208c77..1ff48c9ee57 100755
--- a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/text/CollationElementIterator.java
+++ b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/text/CollationElementIterator.java
@@ -872,7 +872,8 @@ public final class CollationElementIterator
         backup.m_isCodePointHiragana_ = m_isCodePointHiragana_;
         backup.m_bufferOffset_ = m_bufferOffset_;
         if (m_bufferOffset_ >= 0) {
-            backup.m_buffer_.append(m_buffer_);
+            // jdk 1.3.1 does not have append(StringBuffer) yet
+            backup.m_buffer_.append(m_buffer_.toString());
         }
     }
                 
@@ -889,7 +890,8 @@ public final class CollationElementIterator
         m_FCDStart_ = backup.m_FCDStart_;
         m_buffer_.delete(0, m_buffer_.length());
         if (m_bufferOffset_ >= 0) {
-            m_buffer_.append(backup.m_buffer_);
+            // jdk 1.3.1 does not have append(StringBuffer) yet
+            m_buffer_.append(backup.m_buffer_.toString());
         }
     }