--- source/icudefs.mk.in
+++ source/icudefs.mk.in
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 CC = @CC@
 CXX = @CXX@
 AR = @AR@
-ARFLAGS = @ARFLAGS@ r
+ARFLAGS = @ARFLAGS@
 RANLIB = @RANLIB@
 COMPILE_LINK_ENVVAR = @COMPILE_LINK_ENVVAR@
 UCLN_NO_AUTO_CLEANUP = @UCLN_NO_AUTO_CLEANUP@

--- source/config/mh-darwin
+++ source/config/mh-darwin
@@ -22,1 +22,1 @@
-ARFLAGS += -c
+ARFLAGS += -crs
