diff --git a/tools/icu/icu-generic.gyp b/tools/icu/icu-generic.gyp
index 9d466ac392..ecbf6d18c2 100644
--- a/tools/icu/icu-generic.gyp
+++ b/tools/icu/icu-generic.gyp
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
           }],
         ],
         'defines': [
-          'UCONFIG_NO_TRANSLITERATION=1',
           'UCONFIG_NO_SERVICE=1',
           'UCONFIG_NO_REGULAR_EXPRESSIONS=1',
           'U_ENABLE_DYLOAD=0',
diff --git a/tools/icu/icu_small.json b/tools/icu/icu_small.json
index de26e2cbb1..8791269e53 100644
--- a/tools/icu/icu_small.json
+++ b/tools/icu/icu_small.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "zone": "locales",
     "converters": "none",
     "stringprep": "locales",
-    "translit": "none",
+    "translit": "locales",
     "brkfiles": "none",
     "brkdict": "none",
     "confusables": "none",