diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index bde61924..e98080ae 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="8.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.ICU.ICU4C.Runtime" Version="72.1.0.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.8.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Polly.Core" Version="$(PollyVersion)" />
diff --git a/src/LondonTravel.Skill/LondonTravel.Skill.csproj b/src/LondonTravel.Skill/LondonTravel.Skill.csproj
index fd3ac0ab..276c3f9f 100644
--- a/src/LondonTravel.Skill/LondonTravel.Skill.csproj
+++ b/src/LondonTravel.Skill/LondonTravel.Skill.csproj
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AWSProjectType>Lambda</AWSProjectType>
     <GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>true</GenerateRuntimeConfigurationFiles>
+    <InvariantGlobalization>true</InvariantGlobalization>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CA1822</NoWarn>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <PublishAot>true</PublishAot>
@@ -30,12 +31,4 @@
     <EmbeddedResource Update="Strings.resx" Generator="ResXFileCodeGenerator" LastGenOutput="Strings.Designer.cs" />
     <EmbeddedResource Update="Strings.*.resx" DependentUpon="Strings.resx" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(RuntimeIdentifier)' == 'linux-x64' ">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ICU.ICU4C.Runtime" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <Target Name="SetAppLocalIcuVersion" BeforeTargets="Compile" Condition=" '$(RuntimeIdentifier)' == 'linux-x64' ">
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <RuntimeHostConfigurationOption Condition=" '%(PackageVersion.Identity)' == 'Microsoft.ICU.ICU4C.Runtime' " Include="System.Globalization.AppLocalIcu" Value="%(PackageVersion.Version)" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-  </Target>
 </Project>