diff --git a/icu.changes b/icu.changes
index 1317c33..f41bf24 100644
--- a/icu.changes
+++ b/icu.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 21 08:31:23 CEST 2019 - kukuk@suse.de
+
+- Remove old obsoletes/provides for migration from very old
+  products, as they break our shared library policy
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 14 13:05:59 UTC 2019 - Ismail Dönmez <idonmez@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/icu.spec b/icu.spec
index 824f1d1..6aaffa9 100644
--- a/icu.spec
+++ b/icu.spec
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ This subpackage contains the runtime programs for interacting with ICU.
 Summary:        International Components for Unicode
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Requires:       timezone
-# Following O/P added in timeframe for 12.2
-Provides:       libicu = %version
-Obsoletes:      libicu < %version
 %if %be_platform
 Requires:       libicu%aversion-bedata = %version
 %else
@@ -88,11 +85,6 @@ Group:          System/Libraries
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1210
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %endif
-%if %be_platform
-# Added for 13.2
-Obsoletes:      libicu%aversion-data < %version
-Provides:       libicu%aversion-data = %version
-%endif
 
 %description -n libicu%aversion-bedata
 ICU is a set of C and C++ libraries that provide extensive Unicode
@@ -110,11 +102,6 @@ Group:          System/Libraries
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1210
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %endif
-%if !%be_platform
-# Added for 13.2
-Obsoletes:      libicu%aversion-data < %version
-Provides:       libicu%aversion-data = %version
-%endif
 
 %description -n libicu%aversion-ledata
 ICU is a set of C and C++ libraries that provide extensive Unicode