diff --git a/srcpkgs/icu-libs b/srcpkgs/icu-libs
deleted file mode 120000
index d82cfe3c4998ab..00000000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/icu-libs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-libicu73
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libicu73-devel b/srcpkgs/libicu73-devel
deleted file mode 120000
index d82cfe3c4998ab..00000000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libicu73-devel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-libicu73
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libicu73/patches/standardize-vtzone-output.patch b/srcpkgs/libicu73/patches/standardize-vtzone-output.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7274f539991a74..00000000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libicu73/patches/standardize-vtzone-output.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-Patch-Source: https://github.com/chimera-linux/cports/blob/c48ec38c2d88f6e5962299583a8f862159c89349/main/icu/patches/standardize-vtzone-output.patch
-https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1790071
-https://unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-22132  
-needed for thunderbird
---
-diff --git a/intl/icu/source/i18n/vtzone.cpp b/intl/icu/source/i18n/vtzone.cpp
---- a/source/i18n/vtzone.cpp
-+++ b/source/i18n/vtzone.cpp
-@@ -1735,14 +1735,17 @@ VTimeZone::write(VTZWriter& writer, UErr
-             }
-         }
-     } else {
--        UnicodeString icutzprop;
--        UVector customProps(nullptr, uhash_compareUnicodeString, status);
-+        UVector customProps(uprv_deleteUObject, uhash_compareUnicodeString, status);
-         if (olsonzid.length() > 0 && icutzver.length() > 0) {
--            icutzprop.append(olsonzid);
--            icutzprop.append(u'[');
--            icutzprop.append(icutzver);
--            icutzprop.append(u']');
--            customProps.addElement(&icutzprop, status);
-+            LocalPointer<UnicodeString> icutzprop(new UnicodeString(ICU_TZINFO_PROP), status);
-+            if (U_FAILURE(status)) {
-+                return;
-+            }
-+            icutzprop->append(olsonzid);
-+            icutzprop->append(u'[');
-+            icutzprop->append(icutzver);
-+            icutzprop->append(u']');
-+            customProps.adoptElement(icutzprop.orphan(), status);
-         }
-         writeZone(writer, *tz, &customProps, status);
-     }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libicu73/template b/srcpkgs/libicu73/template
deleted file mode 100644
index 9efdfb8e9dbce6..00000000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libicu73/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,124 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'libicu73'
-pkgname=libicu73
-version=73.2
-revision=6
-build_wrksrc=source
-build_style=gnu-configure
-# use archive data instead of .so data for correct cross-compiling
-configure_args="--with-data-packaging=archive --enable-static"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-checkdepends="diffutils python3"
-short_desc="Robust and fully-featured Unicode libraries"
-maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
-license="ICU"
-homepage="https://home.unicode.org/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/releases/download/release-${version//./-}/icu4c-${version//./_}-src.tgz"
-checksum=818a80712ed3caacd9b652305e01afc7fa167e6f2e94996da44b90c2ab604ce1
-# replaces="icu-libs>=0"
-provides="icu-libs-${version}_${revision}"
-
-CFLAGS="-fPIC  -D_LARGE_FILE_SOURCE=1 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
-CXXFLAGS="-fPIC  -D_LARGE_FILE_SOURCE=1 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
-
-# we will be managing icudata manually, because when cross-compiling for
-# another endianness the output data is broken... fortunately, we can use
-# icupkg to convert host-endianness data to target-endianness data
-_icu_dat="icudt${version%.*}"
-_icu_data="source/data/in"
-
-if [ $XBPS_TARGET_LIBC = musl ]; then
-	configure_args+=" ac_cv_func_strtod_l=no"
-fi
-
-pre_configure() {
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		# Configure and build for host.
-		mkdir host-build
-		(
-		cd host-build
-		env CC=cc LD=ld CXX=g++ AR=ar RANLIB=ranlib \
-			AS=as STRIP=strip CFLAGS="-Os -fPIE" CXXFLAGS="-Os -fPIE" \
-			LDFLAGS="" ../configure --prefix=/
-		make ${makejobs}
-		mkdir -p ${wrksrc}/host-icu/config
-		cp config/icucross.* ${wrksrc}/host-icu/config
-		make DESTDIR=${wrksrc}/host-icu install
-		mv ${wrksrc}/host-icu/sbin/* ${wrksrc}/host-icu/bin
-		make distclean
-		)
-		configure_args+=" --with-cross-build=${wrksrc}/host-icu"
-	fi
-
-	# libicudata must be linked to libc, otherwise it's soft-float on ARM.
-	# probably other stuff breaks too, so let's just do it.
-	# See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=653457
-	sed -e 's,-nostdlib,,g' -i ${wrksrc}/source/config/mh-linux
-
-	export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -DICU_DATA_DIR=\\\"/usr/share/icu/${version}\\\""
-	export CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -DICU_DATA_DIR=\\\"/usr/share/icu/${version}\\\""
-
-	# makefile dependency bug: this directory needs to be created manually
-	mkdir -p ${wrksrc}/source/data/out/tmp
-}
-
-_rm_tools() {
-	# Remove files of icu-tools
-	for _file in ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/* \
-		${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/*; do
-		case "${_file}" in
-		*icu-config*) ;;
-		*) rm -f ${_file} ;;
-		esac
-	done
-	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man8
-}
-
-post_install() {
-	vlicense $wrksrc/LICENSE
-	_rm_tools
-
-	# for little endian just use the file that's there
-	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_ENDIAN" != "be" ]; then
-		return
-	fi
-
-	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icu/${version}/${_icu_dat}l.dat
-	# for big endian, we need to convert the file that's there with icupkg
-	local _icupkg_path="${DESTDIR}/usr"
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		_icupkg_path="${wrksrc}/host-icu"
-	fi
-
-	rm -f ${wrksrc}/${_icu_data}/${_icu_dat}b.dat
-
-	LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${_icupkg_path}/lib" ${_icupkg_path}/bin/icupkg -tb \
-	 ${wrksrc}/${_icu_data}/${_icu_dat}l.dat \
-	 ${wrksrc}/${_icu_data}/${_icu_dat}b.dat
-	vinstall ${wrksrc}/${_icu_data}/${_icu_dat}b.dat \
-		0644 usr/share/icu/${version}/
-}
-
-libicu73-devel_package() {
-	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
-	replaces="libicu-devel>=0"
-	provides="libicu-devel-${version}_${revision}"
-	short_desc+=" - development files"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/include
-		vmove usr/lib/icu
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
-		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-		vmove usr/share/icu/${version}/config
-		vmove "usr/share/icu/${version}/*install*"
-		vmove usr/bin/icu-config
-		vmove "usr/share/man/man1/icu-config*"
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
-	}
-}
-
-icu-libs_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - transitional package"
-	lib32mode=full
-	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
-	metapackage=yes
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template b/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
index 626fd3b4b58e12..071a2891ebcb55 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ replaces="
  icecat-i18n-zh-CN<=78.6.1_1
  icecat-i18n-zh-TW<=78.6.1_1
  icecat<=78.6.1_1
+ icu-libs<=73.2_6
  icu4lua-devel<=0.2B_14
  icu4lua<=0.2B_14
  ilmbase-devel<=2.4.2_2
@@ -464,6 +465,7 @@ replaces="
  libgnome-keyring<=3.12.0_5
  libgroff<=1.22.4_3
  libgtkhtml<=4.10.0_1
+ libicu73<=73.2_6
  libkcddb<=24.08.0_1
  libksane-devel<=24.08.3_1
  libksane<=24.08.3_1