diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale.c
index 31e3b16ae0..c8b36f3af2 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale.c
@@ -2784,26 +2784,10 @@ icu_language_tag(const char *loc_str, int elevel)
 {
 #ifdef USE_ICU
 	UErrorCode	status;
-	char		lang[ULOC_LANG_CAPACITY];
 	char	   *langtag;
 	size_t		buflen = 32;	/* arbitrary starting buffer size */
 	const bool	strict = true;
 
-	status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
-	uloc_getLanguage(loc_str, lang, ULOC_LANG_CAPACITY, &status);
-	if (U_FAILURE(status) || status == U_STRING_NOT_TERMINATED_WARNING)
-	{
-		if (elevel > 0)
-			ereport(elevel,
-					(errmsg("could not get language from locale \"%s\": %s",
-							loc_str, u_errorName(status))));
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	/* C/POSIX locales aren't handled by uloc_getLanguageTag() */
-	if (strcmp(lang, "c") == 0 || strcmp(lang, "posix") == 0)
-		return pstrdup("en-US-u-va-posix");
-
 	/*
 	 * A BCP47 language tag doesn't have a clearly-defined upper limit (cf.
 	 * RFC5646 section 4.4). Additionally, in older ICU versions,
@@ -2884,8 +2868,7 @@ icu_validate_locale(const char *loc_str)
 
 	/* check for special language name */
 	if (strcmp(lang, "") == 0 ||
-		strcmp(lang, "root") == 0 || strcmp(lang, "und") == 0 ||
-		strcmp(lang, "c") == 0 || strcmp(lang, "posix") == 0)
+		strcmp(lang, "root") == 0 || strcmp(lang, "und") == 0)
 		found = true;
 
 	/* search for matching language within ICU */
diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
index fa3af0d75c..fc1fb363e7 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
@@ -2244,24 +2244,10 @@ icu_language_tag(const char *loc_str)
 {
 #ifdef USE_ICU
 	UErrorCode	status;
-	char		lang[ULOC_LANG_CAPACITY];
 	char	   *langtag;
 	size_t		buflen = 32;	/* arbitrary starting buffer size */
 	const bool	strict = true;
 
-	status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
-	uloc_getLanguage(loc_str, lang, ULOC_LANG_CAPACITY, &status);
-	if (U_FAILURE(status) || status == U_STRING_NOT_TERMINATED_WARNING)
-	{
-		pg_fatal("could not get language from locale \"%s\": %s",
-				 loc_str, u_errorName(status));
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	/* C/POSIX locales aren't handled by uloc_getLanguageTag() */
-	if (strcmp(lang, "c") == 0 || strcmp(lang, "posix") == 0)
-		return pstrdup("en-US-u-va-posix");
-
 	/*
 	 * A BCP47 language tag doesn't have a clearly-defined upper limit (cf.
 	 * RFC5646 section 4.4). Additionally, in older ICU versions,
@@ -2326,8 +2312,7 @@ icu_validate_locale(const char *loc_str)
 
 	/* check for special language name */
 	if (strcmp(lang, "") == 0 ||
-		strcmp(lang, "root") == 0 || strcmp(lang, "und") == 0 ||
-		strcmp(lang, "c") == 0 || strcmp(lang, "posix") == 0)
+		strcmp(lang, "root") == 0 || strcmp(lang, "und") == 0)
 		found = true;
 
 	/* search for matching language within ICU */
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/collate.icu.utf8.out b/src/test/regress/expected/collate.icu.utf8.out
index b7fbee447f..78a9cb38fa 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/collate.icu.utf8.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/collate.icu.utf8.out
@@ -1020,6 +1020,7 @@ CREATE ROLE regress_test_role;
 CREATE SCHEMA test_schema;
 -- We need to do this this way to cope with varying names for encodings:
 SET client_min_messages TO WARNING;
+SET icu_validation_level = disabled;
 do $$
 BEGIN
   EXECUTE 'CREATE COLLATION test0 (provider = icu, locale = ' ||
@@ -1034,6 +1035,7 @@ BEGIN
           quote_literal((SELECT CASE WHEN datlocprovider='i' THEN daticulocale ELSE datcollate END FROM pg_database WHERE datname = current_database())) || ');';
 END
 $$;
+RESET icu_validation_level;
 RESET client_min_messages;
 CREATE COLLATION test3 (provider = icu, lc_collate = 'en_US.utf8'); -- fail, needs "locale"
 ERROR:  parameter "locale" must be specified
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/collate.icu.utf8.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/collate.icu.utf8.sql
index 079d7ae39d..3db9e25913 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/collate.icu.utf8.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/collate.icu.utf8.sql
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ CREATE SCHEMA test_schema;
 
 -- We need to do this this way to cope with varying names for encodings:
 SET client_min_messages TO WARNING;
+SET icu_validation_level = disabled;
 
 do $$
 BEGIN
@@ -373,6 +374,7 @@ BEGIN
 END
 $$;
 
+RESET icu_validation_level;
 RESET client_min_messages;
 
 CREATE COLLATION test3 (provider = icu, lc_collate = 'en_US.utf8'); -- fail, needs "locale"