--- icu/source/samples/Makefile.in
+++ icu/source/samples/Makefile.in
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 ## Build directory information
 subdir = samples
 
-## Platform-specific setup
-include @platform_make_fragment@
-
 ## Files to remove for 'make clean'
 CLEANFILES = *~
 
