diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/utypes.h b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/utypes.h
index 09037a8..c5a53dd 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/utypes.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/utypes.h
@@ -137,7 +137,11 @@
 #define U_ICUDATA_NAME    "icudt" U_ICU_VERSION_SHORT U_ICUDATA_TYPE_LETTER
 #ifndef U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API
 #define U_USRDATA_NAME    "usrdt" U_ICU_VERSION_SHORT U_ICUDATA_TYPE_LETTER  /**< @internal */
-#define U_USE_USRDATA     1  /**< @internal */
+/* BEGIN android-change - U_USE_USRDATA should be off by default. */
+#ifndef U_USE_USRDATA
+#define U_USE_USRDATA     0  /**< @internal */
+#endif  /* U_USE_USRDATA */
+/* END android-change */
 #endif  /* U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API */
 
 /**