diff --git a/dev-libs/icu/icu-58.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/icu/icu-58.1.ebuild
index 4dc0099b3c48e..cd75f8bec1c55 100644
--- a/dev-libs/icu/icu-58.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/icu/icu-58.1.ebuild
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ src_configure() {
 
 multilib_src_configure() {
 	local myeconfargs=(
+		--disable-layoutex
 		--disable-renaming
 		--disable-samples
 		--disable-layoutex