diff --git a/packages/i/icu4c/xmake.lua b/packages/i/icu4c/xmake.lua
index d6cc5eec0..b8e283d09 100644
--- a/packages/i/icu4c/xmake.lua
+++ b/packages/i/icu4c/xmake.lua
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@ package("icu4c")
     add_patches("69.1", path.join(os.scriptdir(), "patches", "69.1", "replace-py-3.patch"), "ae27a55b0e79a8420024d6d349a7bae850e1dd403a8e1131e711c405ddb099b9")
     add_patches("70.1", path.join(os.scriptdir(), "patches", "70.1", "replace-py-3.patch"), "6469739da001721122b62af513370ed62901caf43af127de3f27ea2128830e35")
     if is_plat("mingw") then
-        add_patches("72.1", path.join(os.scriptdir(), "patches", "72.1", "mingw.patch"), "9ddbe7f691224ccf69f8c0218f788f0a39ab8f1375cc9aad2cc92664ffcf46a5")
-        add_patches("73.1", path.join(os.scriptdir(), "patches", "72.1", "mingw.patch"), "9ddbe7f691224ccf69f8c0218f788f0a39ab8f1375cc9aad2cc92664ffcf46a5")
-        add_patches("73.2", path.join(os.scriptdir(), "patches", "72.1", "mingw.patch"), "9ddbe7f691224ccf69f8c0218f788f0a39ab8f1375cc9aad2cc92664ffcf46a5")
+        add_patches(">=69.1", path.join(os.scriptdir(), "patches", "72.1", "mingw.patch"), "9ddbe7f691224ccf69f8c0218f788f0a39ab8f1375cc9aad2cc92664ffcf46a5")
     end
 
+    add_configs("tools", {description = "Build tools.", default = false, type = "boolean"})
     if is_plat("windows") then
-        add_deps("python 3.x", {kind = "binary"})
+        add_configs("shared", {description = "Build shared library.", default = true, type = "boolean", readonly = true})
     end
 
     if is_plat("linux") then
@@ -44,26 +43,44 @@ package("icu4c")
 
     on_install("windows", function (package)
         import("package.tools.msbuild")
+
         local projectfiles = os.files("source/**.vcxproj")
-        table.join2(projectfiles, path.join("source", "allinone", "allinone.sln"), os.files("source/**.props"))
+        local sln = path.join("source", "allinone", "allinone.sln")
+        table.join2(projectfiles, sln, os.files("source/**.props"))
+
         if package:is_cross() then
             -- icu build requires native tools
-            local configs = {path.join("source", "allinone", "allinone.sln")}
-            table.insert(configs, "/p:Configuration=Release")
-            table.insert(configs, "/p:Platform=" .. package:arch())
+            local configs = {
+                sln,
+                "/p:Configuration=Release",
+                "/target:pkgdata,genrb"
+            }
+
+            local arch_prev = package:arch()
+            package:arch_set(os.arch())
             msbuild.build(package, configs, {upgrade = projectfiles})
+            package:arch_set(arch_prev)
+        end
+
+        local configs = {
+            sln,
+            "/p:SkipUWP=True",
+            "/p:_IsNativeEnvironment=true"
+        }
+
+        if not package:config("tools") then
+            table.insert(configs, "/target:common,i18n,uconv,io,stubdata")
         end
-        local configs = {path.join("source", "allinone", "allinone.sln"), "/p:SkipUWP=True", "/p:_IsNativeEnvironment=true"}
         msbuild.build(package, configs, {upgrade = projectfiles})
 
-        local suffix = package:is_plat("arm.*") and "ARM" or ""
+        local suffix = package:is_arch("arm.*") and "ARM" or ""
         if package:is_arch(".*64") then
             suffix = suffix .. "64"
         end
 
-        os.cp("include", package:installdir())
-        os.cp("bin" .. suffix .. "/*", package:installdir("bin"))
-        os.cp("lib" .. suffix .. "/*", package:installdir("lib"))
+        os.vcp("include", package:installdir())
+        os.vcp("bin" .. suffix .. "/*", package:installdir("bin"))
+        os.vcp("lib" .. suffix .. "/*", package:installdir("lib"))
         package:addenv("PATH", "bin")
     end)