diff --git a/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/config.h.in b/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/config.h.in
index 933a3d0c5c419d..a35d57c9dd7efd 100644
--- a/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/config.h.in
+++ b/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/config.h.in
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #cmakedefine01 HAVE_UDAT_STANDALONE_SHORTER_WEEKDAYS
-#cmakedefine01 HAVE_SET_MAX_VARIABLE
-#cmakedefine01 HAVE_UCOL_CLONE
\ No newline at end of file
+#cmakedefine01 HAVE_UCOL_CLONE
diff --git a/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/configure.cmake b/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/configure.cmake
index 8163745c4c20ae..c749740951de57 100644
--- a/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/configure.cmake
+++ b/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/configure.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 if(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_ANDROID OR CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_APPLE OR CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_BROWSER OR CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_WASI)
-    set(HAVE_SET_MAX_VARIABLE 1)
     set(HAVE_UDAT_STANDALONE_SHORTER_WEEKDAYS 1)
     set(HAVE_UCOL_CLONE 0)
 else()
@@ -15,12 +14,6 @@ else()
         " HAVE_UDAT_STANDALONE_SHORTER_WEEKDAYS)
 
         set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${ICUUC} ${ICUI18N})
-
-        check_symbol_exists(
-            ucol_setMaxVariable
-            "unicode/ucol.h"
-            HAVE_SET_MAX_VARIABLE)
-
         check_symbol_exists(
             ucol_clone
             "unicode/ucol.h"
diff --git a/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/pal_collation.c b/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/pal_collation.c
index 36bb2692352731..f9c6ef7f80b287 100644
--- a/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/pal_collation.c
+++ b/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/pal_collation.c
@@ -384,38 +384,10 @@ static UCollator* CloneCollatorWithOptions(const UCollator* pCollator, int32_t o
     {
         ucol_setAttribute(pClonedCollator, UCOL_ALTERNATE_HANDLING, UCOL_SHIFTED, pErr);
 
-#if !defined(STATIC_ICU)
-    if (ucol_setMaxVariable_ptr != NULL)
-    {
-        // by default, ICU alternate shifted handling only ignores punctuation, but
-        // IgnoreSymbols needs symbols and currency as well, so change the "variable top"
-        // to include all symbols and currency
-        ucol_setMaxVariable(pClonedCollator, UCOL_REORDER_CODE_CURRENCY, pErr);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        assert(ucol_setVariableTop_ptr != NULL);
-        // 0xfdfc is the last currency character before the first digit character
-        // in http://source.icu-project.org/repos/icu/icu/tags/release-52-1/source/data/unidata/FractionalUCA.txt
-        const UChar ignoreSymbolsVariableTop[] = { 0xfdfc };
-        ucol_setVariableTop_ptr(pClonedCollator, ignoreSymbolsVariableTop, 1, pErr);
-    }
-
-#else // !defined(STATIC_ICU)
-
         // by default, ICU alternate shifted handling only ignores punctuation, but
         // IgnoreSymbols needs symbols and currency as well, so change the "variable top"
         // to include all symbols and currency
-#if HAVE_SET_MAX_VARIABLE
         ucol_setMaxVariable(pClonedCollator, UCOL_REORDER_CODE_CURRENCY, pErr);
-#else
-        // 0xfdfc is the last currency character before the first digit character
-        // in http://source.icu-project.org/repos/icu/icu/tags/release-52-1/source/data/unidata/FractionalUCA.txt
-        const UChar ignoreSymbolsVariableTop[] = { 0xfdfc };
-        ucol_setVariableTop(pClonedCollator, ignoreSymbolsVariableTop, 1, pErr);
-#endif
-
-#endif //!defined(STATIC_ICU)
     }
 
     ucol_setAttribute(pClonedCollator, UCOL_STRENGTH, strength, pErr);
diff --git a/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/pal_icushim.c b/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/pal_icushim.c
index 480565ac38f483..80107560acf2d3 100644
--- a/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/pal_icushim.c
+++ b/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/pal_icushim.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ FOR_ALL_ICU_FUNCTIONS
 
 static void* libicuuc = NULL;
 static void* libicui18n = NULL;
-ucol_setVariableTop_func ucol_setVariableTop_ptr = NULL;
 ucol_safeClone_func ucol_safeClone_ptr = NULL;
 
 #if defined (TARGET_UNIX)
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ static int FindICULibs(char* symbolName, char* symbolVersion)
 // a year.
 // On some platforms (mainly Alpine Linux) we want to make our minimum version
 // an earlier version than what we build that we know we support.
-#define MinICUVersion  50
+#define MinICUVersion  60
 #define MaxICUVersion  (U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM + 30)
 #define MinMinorICUVersion  1
 #define MaxMinorICUVersion  5
@@ -443,35 +442,6 @@ static void InitializeUColClonePointers(char* symbolVersion)
     }
 }
 
-static void InitializeVariableMaxAndTopPointers(char* symbolVersion)
-{
-    if (ucol_setMaxVariable_ptr != NULL)
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-#if defined(TARGET_OSX) || defined(TARGET_ANDROID)
-    // OSX and Android always run against ICU version which has ucol_setMaxVariable.
-    // We shouldn't come here.
-    (void)symbolVersion;
-    assert(false);
-#elif defined(TARGET_WINDOWS)
-    char symbolName[SYMBOL_NAME_SIZE];
-    sprintf_s(symbolName, SYMBOL_NAME_SIZE, "ucol_setVariableTop%s", symbolVersion);
-    ucol_setVariableTop_ptr = (ucol_setVariableTop_func)GetProcAddress((HMODULE)libicui18n, symbolName);
-#else
-    char symbolName[SYMBOL_NAME_SIZE];
-    snprintf(symbolName, SYMBOL_NAME_SIZE, "ucol_setVariableTop%s", symbolVersion);
-    ucol_setVariableTop_ptr = (ucol_setVariableTop_func)dlsym(libicui18n, symbolName);
-#endif // defined(TARGET_OSX) || defined(TARGET_ANDROID)
-
-    if (ucol_setVariableTop_ptr == NULL)
-    {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Cannot get the symbols of ICU APIs ucol_setMaxVariable or ucol_setVariableTop.\n");
-        abort();
-    }
-}
-
 // GlobalizationNative_LoadICU
 // This method get called from the managed side during the globalization initialization.
 // This method shouldn't get called at all if we are running in globalization invariant mode
@@ -509,7 +479,6 @@ int32_t GlobalizationNative_LoadICU(void)
     FOR_ALL_ICU_FUNCTIONS
     ValidateICUDataCanLoad();
 
-    InitializeVariableMaxAndTopPointers(symbolVersion);
     InitializeUColClonePointers(symbolVersion);
 
     return true;
@@ -566,7 +535,6 @@ void GlobalizationNative_InitICUFunctions(void* icuuc, void* icuin, const char*
     FOR_ALL_ICU_FUNCTIONS
     ValidateICUDataCanLoad();
 
-    InitializeVariableMaxAndTopPointers(symbolVersion);
     InitializeUColClonePointers(symbolVersion);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/pal_icushim_internal.h b/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/pal_icushim_internal.h
index a7bad69cef3197..3f145466ab3949 100644
--- a/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/pal_icushim_internal.h
+++ b/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/pal_icushim_internal.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 
 #include "icu.h"
 
-#define HAVE_SET_MAX_VARIABLE 1
 #define UDAT_STANDALONE_SHORTER_WEEKDAYS 1
 
 #endif
@@ -63,34 +62,20 @@
 #if !defined(STATIC_ICU)
 
 #if !defined(TARGET_ANDROID)
-// (U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM < 52)
-// The following APIs are not supported in the ICU versions less than 52. We need to define them manually.
-// We have to do runtime check before using the pointers to these APIs. That is why these are listed in the FOR_ALL_OPTIONAL_ICU_FUNCTIONS list.
-U_CAPI void U_EXPORT2 ucol_setMaxVariable(UCollator* coll, UColReorderCode group, UErrorCode* pErrorCode);
-U_CAPI int32_t U_EXPORT2 ucal_getTimeZoneIDForWindowsID(const UChar* winid, int32_t len, const char* region, UChar* id, int32_t idCapacity, UErrorCode* status);
-U_CAPI int32_t U_EXPORT2 ucal_getWindowsTimeZoneID(const UChar* id, int32_t len, UChar* winid, int32_t winidCapacity, UErrorCode* status);
-
 // (U_ICU_VERSION_MAJOR_NUM < 71)
 // The following API is not supported in the ICU versions less than 71. We need to define it manually.
 // We have to do runtime check before using the pointers to this API. That is why these are listed in the FOR_ALL_OPTIONAL_ICU_FUNCTIONS list.
 U_CAPI UCollator* U_EXPORT2 ucol_clone(const UCollator* coll, UErrorCode* status);
 
-// ucol_setVariableTop is a deprecated function on the newer ICU versions and ucol_setMaxVariable should be used instead.
-// As we can run against ICU versions which do not support ucol_setMaxVariable, we will dynamically try to get the pointer
-// to ucol_setVariableTop when we could not get a pointer to ucol_setMaxVariable.
-typedef uint32_t (U_EXPORT2 *ucol_setVariableTop_func)(UCollator* coll, const UChar* varTop, int32_t len, UErrorCode* status);
-
 // ucol_safeClone is deprecated in ICU version 71. We have to handle it manually to avoid getting a build break when referencing it in the code.
 typedef UCollator* (U_EXPORT2 *ucol_safeClone_func)(const UCollator* coll, void* stackBuffer, int32_t* pBufferSize, UErrorCode* status);
 
 #else // !defined(TARGET_ANDROID)
 
-typedef uint32_t (*ucol_setVariableTop_func)(UCollator* coll, const UChar* varTop, int32_t len, UErrorCode* status);
 typedef UCollator* (*ucol_safeClone_func)(const UCollator* coll, void* stackBuffer, int32_t* pBufferSize, UErrorCode* status);
 
 #endif // !defined(TARGET_ANDROID)
 
-extern ucol_setVariableTop_func ucol_setVariableTop_ptr;
 extern ucol_safeClone_func ucol_safeClone_ptr;
 
 // List of all functions from the ICU libraries that are used in the System.Globalization.Native.so
@@ -114,6 +99,8 @@ extern ucol_safeClone_func ucol_safeClone_ptr;
     PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucal_getLimit, libicui18n, true) \
     PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucal_getNow, libicui18n, true) \
     PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucal_getTimeZoneDisplayName, libicui18n, true) \
+    PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucal_getTimeZoneIDForWindowsID, libicui18n, true) \
+    PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucal_getWindowsTimeZoneID, libicui18n, true) \
     PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucal_open, libicui18n, true) \
     PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucal_openTimeZoneIDEnumeration, libicui18n, true) \
     PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucal_set, libicui18n, true) \
@@ -131,6 +118,7 @@ extern ucol_safeClone_func ucol_safeClone_ptr;
     PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucol_openElements, libicui18n, true) \
     PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucol_openRules, libicui18n, true) \
     PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucol_setAttribute, libicui18n, true) \
+    PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucol_setMaxVariable, libicui18n, true) \
     PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucol_strcoll, libicui18n, true) \
     PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(udat_close, libicui18n, true) \
     PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(udat_countSymbols, libicui18n, true) \
@@ -215,9 +203,6 @@ extern ucol_safeClone_func ucol_safeClone_ptr;
 // The following are the list of the ICU APIs which are optional. If these APIs exist in the ICU version we load at runtime, then we'll use it.
 // Otherwise, we'll just not provide the functionality to users which needed these APIs.
 #define FOR_ALL_OPTIONAL_ICU_FUNCTIONS \
-    PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucal_getWindowsTimeZoneID, libicui18n, false) \
-    PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucal_getTimeZoneIDForWindowsID, libicui18n, false) \
-    PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucol_setMaxVariable, libicui18n, false) \
     PER_FUNCTION_BLOCK(ucol_clone, libicui18n, false)
 
 #define FOR_ALL_ICU_FUNCTIONS \
@@ -343,9 +328,6 @@ FOR_ALL_ICU_FUNCTIONS
 
 #else // !defined(STATIC_ICU)
 
-#define ucal_getWindowsTimeZoneID_ptr ucal_getWindowsTimeZoneID
-#define ucal_getTimeZoneIDForWindowsID_ptr ucal_getTimeZoneIDForWindowsID
-
 #if defined(TARGET_MACCATALYST) || defined(TARGET_IOS) || defined(TARGET_TVOS)
 const char* GlobalizationNative_GetICUDataPathRelativeToAppBundleRoot(const char* path);
 const char* GlobalizationNative_GetICUDataPathFallback(void);
@@ -360,7 +342,7 @@ const char* GlobalizationNative_GetICUDataPathFallback(void);
  * "Safe" macro, checks for a valid code point.
  * Converts code points outside of Basic Multilingual Plane into
  * corresponding surrogate pairs if sufficient space in the string.
- * High surrogate range: 0xD800 - 0xDBFF 
+ * High surrogate range: 0xD800 - 0xDBFF
  * Low surrogate range: 0xDC00 - 0xDFFF
  * If the code point is not valid or a trail surrogate does not fit,
  * then isError is set to true.
diff --git a/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/pal_timeZoneInfo.c b/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/pal_timeZoneInfo.c
index 018746e972bc65..e3da5a38b4e226 100644
--- a/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/pal_timeZoneInfo.c
+++ b/src/native/libs/System.Globalization.Native/pal_timeZoneInfo.c
@@ -25,13 +25,10 @@ int32_t GlobalizationNative_WindowsIdToIanaId(const UChar* windowsId, const char
 {
     UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
 
-    if (ucal_getTimeZoneIDForWindowsID_ptr != NULL)
+    int32_t ianaIdFilledLength = ucal_getTimeZoneIDForWindowsID(windowsId, -1, region, ianaId, ianaIdLength, &status);
+    if (U_SUCCESS(status))
     {
-        int32_t ianaIdFilledLength = ucal_getTimeZoneIDForWindowsID(windowsId, -1, region, ianaId, ianaIdLength, &status);
-        if (U_SUCCESS(status))
-        {
-            return ianaIdFilledLength;
-        }
+        return ianaIdFilledLength;
     }
 
     // Failed
@@ -45,14 +42,11 @@ int32_t GlobalizationNative_IanaIdToWindowsId(const UChar* ianaId, UChar* window
 {
     UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
 
-    if (ucal_getWindowsTimeZoneID_ptr != NULL)
-    {
-        int32_t windowsIdFilledLength = ucal_getWindowsTimeZoneID(ianaId, -1, windowsId, windowsIdLength, &status);
+    int32_t windowsIdFilledLength = ucal_getWindowsTimeZoneID(ianaId, -1, windowsId, windowsIdLength, &status);
 
-        if (U_SUCCESS(status))
-        {
-            return windowsIdFilledLength;
-        }
+    if (U_SUCCESS(status))
+    {
+        return windowsIdFilledLength;
     }
 
     // Failed