diff --git a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/text/BidiRun.java b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/text/BidiRun.java
index 92ac7162e8e..83b81087dac 100644
--- a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/text/BidiRun.java
+++ b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/text/BidiRun.java
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-//##header
-//#ifndef FOUNDATION
 /*
 *******************************************************************************
 *   Copyright (C) 2001-2007, International Business Machines
@@ -90,15 +88,6 @@ public class BidiRun {
         return start;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Set start of run
-     * @draft ICU 3.8
-     */
-    void setStart(int start)
-    {
-        this.start = start;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Get position of one character after the end of the run in the source text
      * @draft ICU 3.8
@@ -108,15 +97,6 @@ public class BidiRun {
         return limit;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Set limit of run
-     * @draft ICU 3.8
-     */
-    void setLimit(int limit)
-    {
-        this.limit = limit;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Get length of run
      * @draft ICU 3.8
@@ -135,15 +115,6 @@ public class BidiRun {
         return level;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Set level of run
-     * @draft ICU 3.8
-     */
-    void setEmbeddingLevel(byte embeddingLevel)
-    {
-        this.level = embeddingLevel;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Check if run level is odd
      * @return true if the embedding level of this run is odd, i.e. it is a
@@ -184,4 +155,3 @@ public class BidiRun {
         return new String("BidiRun " + start + " - " + limit + " @ " + level);
     }
 }
-//#endif