diff --git a/config.lib b/config.lib
index 8c9bff9..306dbbd 100644
--- a/config.lib
+++ b/config.lib
@@ -1619,7 +1619,7 @@ make_cflags_and_ldflags() {
 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS `$icu_config --cppflags | tr '\n\r' '  '`"
 
 		# Some icu-configs have the 'feature' of not adding a space where others do add the space
-		if [ "$static_icu" != "0" ]; then
+		if [ "$os" != "OSX" && "$static_icu" != "0" ]; then
 			LIBS="$LIBS `$icu_config --ldflags-searchpath` `$icu_config --ldflags-libsonly | tr '\n\r' '  ' | sed s/licu/lsicu/g`"
 		else
 			LIBS="$LIBS `$icu_config --ldflags-searchpath` `$icu_config --ldflags-libsonly | tr '\n\r' '  '`"