diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index cd11b3ebd..f2fb1f2ae 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ include $(srcdir)/%D%/libavl/Makefile.am
 include $(srcdir)/%D%/libicp/Makefile.am
 include $(srcdir)/%D%/libnvpair/Makefile.am
 include $(srcdir)/%D%/libspl/Makefile.am
-include $(srcdir)/%D%/libunicode/Makefile.am
 include $(srcdir)/%D%/libzdb/Makefile.am
 include $(srcdir)/%D%/libzfs_core/Makefile.am
 include $(srcdir)/%D%/libzfs/Makefile.am
diff --git a/lib/libunicode/Makefile.am b/lib/libunicode/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index e1ac666a5..000000000
--- a/lib/libunicode/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-libunicode_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(KERNEL_CFLAGS) $(LIBRARY_CFLAGS)
-
-noinst_LTLIBRARIES += libunicode.la
-
-nodist_libunicode_la_SOURCES = \
-	module/unicode/u8_textprep.c
diff --git a/lib/libzpool/Makefile.am b/lib/libzpool/Makefile.am
index 8340fe2ef..c8c8adbb8 100644
--- a/lib/libzpool/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/libzpool/Makefile.am
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ nodist_libzpool_la_SOURCES = \
 	\
 	module/os/linux/zfs/zio_crypt.c \
 	\
+	module/unicode/u8_textprep.c \
+	\
 	module/zcommon/cityhash.c \
 	module/zcommon/simd_stat.c \
 	module/zcommon/zfeature_common.c \
@@ -196,7 +198,6 @@ nodist_libzpool_la_SOURCES = \
 
 libzpool_la_LIBADD = \
 	libicp.la \
-	libunicode.la \
 	libnvpair.la \
 	libzstd.la \
 	libzutil.la