diff --git a/icu/.footprint b/icu/.footprint
index a745c013d..0622be66d 100644
--- a/icu/.footprint
+++ b/icu/.footprint
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/sbin/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/icu/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/icu/74.2/
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/icu/74.2/LICENSE (EMPTY)
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/icu/74.2/LICENSE
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/icu/74.2/config/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/icu/74.2/config/mh-linux
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/icu/74.2/install-sh
diff --git a/icu/.signature b/icu/.signature
index 858f4ce2b..1a7d8b70c 100644
--- a/icu/.signature
+++ b/icu/.signature
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/opt.pub
-RWSE3ohX2g5d/f0sqU+2lownmmwGgn0NSBnso8DT0lyK/AgVxEc0kektKya0MbvT2v/DKlOiZzfvBqiiMCe4AS0CxoQJrqxpWgg=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 902bccc42e3b01aa74b1d2534228fbff1b9b96933a69362d2b437d310d1b5472
-SHA256 (.footprint) = b9197cec990e76886d5396856989bc9c327c82277d21c1f70a9a03c569869a9a
-SHA256 (icu4c-74_2-src.tgz) = 5e4fb11d6a3e6b85afb55de8da8a71538f1d8fd64fce893986b37d60e5bb0091
+RWSE3ohX2g5d/QKfyIFqdI467zfEGoQYDShGIPl1XFC7CsltcTy1HZ2sZMOfC7JwDCnHfzVizv6D+4W5HROmR/BPkTo6BgcZ6w8=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 5725a377d4d4173f8b3ccf0615bea7acede92a57862031f2e5e72ef702e91ad5
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 4cf0ce54c1d4d93348fe1ffc0773458e5dba0a3d8215445508964451cc43d87f
+SHA256 (icu4c-74_2-src.tgz) = 68db082212a96d6f53e35d60f47d38b962e9f9d207a74cfac78029ae8ff5e08c
 SHA256 (ICU-22132.patch) = f534b472dd7a6961591466eef542e2c3ad698d3008c9b6af813c66cbc0b4dd8e
diff --git a/icu/Pkgfile b/icu/Pkgfile
index 5c7a65d6b..c890c06f9 100644
--- a/icu/Pkgfile
+++ b/icu/Pkgfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Description: Widely used set of C/C++ libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support.
+# Description: Widely used set of C/C++ libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support
 # URL: https://icu.unicode.org
 # Maintainer: Tim Biermann, tbier at posteo dot de
 # Optional: clang lld
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ build() {
     --disable-samples \
     --disable-tests
 
-  # https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/main/icu4c/LICENSE does not seem to work
-  touch ../LICENSE
-
   make
   make -j1 DESTDIR=$PKG install
 }