diff --git a/src/main/java/com/force/i18n/BaseLocalizer.java b/src/main/java/com/force/i18n/BaseLocalizer.java
index 417470b..1e1040c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/force/i18n/BaseLocalizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/force/i18n/BaseLocalizer.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public enum LocalOrGmt {
     private static Function<Locale, FormatFixer> LocaleFixerFunction;
 
     // controlls leniency of parsing date. using non-lenient mode for not allowing ambiguous date such as "2/30"
+    // set true to avoid ICU-21301 that fails to parse the transition date for time zones with daylight saving time
     private static final boolean USE_LENIENT_MODE = false;
 
     static {
@@ -822,22 +823,6 @@ public DateFormat getInputLongDateFormat() {
         return this.inputLocalLongDateFormat;
     }
 
-
-    /**
-     * Copy over the settings from ICU {@code SimpleDateFormat}.
-     * <p>
-     * ICU-21301 fails to parse the transition date for time zones with daylight saving time.
-
-     * see: https://unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-21301
-     */
-    private static DateFormat setJdkDateFormatFromIcu(SimpleDateFormat fmtJdk, SimpleDateFormatICU fmtIcu) {
-        fmtJdk.applyPattern(fmtIcu.toPattern());
-        fmtJdk.setNumberFormat(fmtIcu.getNumberFormat());
-        fmtJdk.setDateFormatSymbols(fmtIcu.getDateFormatSymbols());
-        fmtJdk.set2DigitYearStart(fmtIcu.get2DigitYearStart());
-        return fmtJdk;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Static method to get date-only DateFormat for input. This is based on a 2 digit year
      * input mask, which also handles 4-digit year, but caller must use doParseDate() to
@@ -850,13 +835,6 @@ private static DateFormat setJdkDateFormatFromIcu(SimpleDateFormat fmtJdk, Simpl
      */
     public static DateFormat getLocaleInputDateFormat(Locale locale, TimeZone tz) {
         DateFormat df = getFormatProvider(locale).getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, locale);
-        // ICU-21301 hack: Apply only with an ICU object and when timezone has DST
-        if (!USE_LENIENT_MODE && df instanceof SimpleDateFormatICU && tz.useDaylightTime()) {
-            // (re-)construct JDK's DateFormat object and copy formatting information from ICU
-            DateFormat dfJdk = getJDKFormatFixer().getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, locale);
-            df = setJdkDateFormatFromIcu((SimpleDateFormat)dfJdk, (SimpleDateFormatICU)df);
-        }
-
         df.setLenient(USE_LENIENT_MODE);
         df.setTimeZone(tz);
         set2DigitYearStart(df, tz);
@@ -885,13 +863,6 @@ public static DateFormat getLocaleInputDateFormat(Locale locale, int style, Time
             dateStyle = DateFormat.SHORT;
         }
         DateFormat df = getFormatProvider(locale).getDateInstance(dateStyle, locale);
-        // ICU-21301 hack: Apply only with an ICU object and when timezone has DST
-        if (!USE_LENIENT_MODE && df instanceof SimpleDateFormatICU && tz.useDaylightTime()) {
-            // (re-)construct JDK's DateFormat object and copy formatting information from ICU
-            DateFormat dfJdk = getJDKFormatFixer().getDateInstance(dateStyle, locale);
-            df = setJdkDateFormatFromIcu((SimpleDateFormat)dfJdk, (SimpleDateFormatICU)df);
-        }
-
         df.setLenient(USE_LENIENT_MODE);
         df.setTimeZone(tz);
         set2DigitYearStart(df, tz);
@@ -986,13 +957,6 @@ public DateFormat getInputLongDateTimeFormat() {
      */
     public static DateFormat getLocaleInputDateTimeFormat(Locale locale, TimeZone tz) {
         DateFormat df = getFormatProvider(locale).getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.SHORT, locale);
-        // ICU-21301 hack: Apply only with an ICU object and when timezone has DST
-        if (!USE_LENIENT_MODE && df instanceof SimpleDateFormatICU && tz.useDaylightTime()) {
-            // (re-)construct JDK's DateFormat object and copy formatting information from ICU
-            DateFormat dfJdk = getJDKFormatFixer().getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.SHORT, locale);
-            df = setJdkDateFormatFromIcu((SimpleDateFormat)dfJdk, (SimpleDateFormatICU)df);
-        }
-
         df.setLenient(USE_LENIENT_MODE);
         df.setTimeZone(tz);
         set2DigitYearStart(df, tz);
@@ -1027,12 +991,6 @@ public static DateFormat getLocaleInputDateTimeFormat(Locale locale, int style,
             dateStyle = timeStyle = DateFormat.SHORT;
         }
         DateFormat df = getFormatProvider(locale).getDateTimeInstance(dateStyle, timeStyle, locale);
-        // ICU-21301 hack: Apply only with an ICU object and when timezone has DST
-        if (!USE_LENIENT_MODE && df instanceof SimpleDateFormatICU && tz.useDaylightTime()) {
-            // (re-)construct JDK's DateFormat object and copy formatting information from ICU
-            DateFormat dfJdk = getJDKFormatFixer().getDateTimeInstance(dateStyle, timeStyle, locale);
-            df = setJdkDateFormatFromIcu((SimpleDateFormat)dfJdk, (SimpleDateFormatICU)df);
-        }
         df.setLenient(USE_LENIENT_MODE);
         df.setTimeZone(tz);
         set2DigitYearStart(df, tz);
@@ -1101,13 +1059,6 @@ public static DateFormat getLocaleInputTimeFormat(Locale locale, int style, Time
             dateStyle = DateFormat.SHORT;
         }
         DateFormat df = getFormatProvider(locale).getTimeInstance(dateStyle, locale);
-        // ICU-21301 hack: Apply only with an ICU object and when timezone has DST
-        if (!USE_LENIENT_MODE && df instanceof SimpleDateFormatICU && tz.useDaylightTime()) {
-            // (re-)construct JDK's DateFormat object and copy formatting information from ICU
-            DateFormat dfJdk = getJDKFormatFixer().getTimeInstance(dateStyle, locale);
-            df = setJdkDateFormatFromIcu((SimpleDateFormat)dfJdk, (SimpleDateFormatICU)df);
-        }
-
         df.setLenient(USE_LENIENT_MODE);
         df.setTimeZone(tz);
         set2DigitYearStart(df, tz);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/force/i18n/BaseLocalizerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/force/i18n/BaseLocalizerTest.java
index a8d65d7..0a1cc7a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/force/i18n/BaseLocalizerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/force/i18n/BaseLocalizerTest.java
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 package com.force.i18n;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
 
 import java.text.*;
-import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -522,11 +522,9 @@ public void test4DigitYears() {
     /*
      * ICU-21301 failed to parse the transition date (e.g. 6/9/2020 for "America/Santiago")
      * https://unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-21301
-     *
-     * BaseLocalizer returns JDK's DateFormat object instead of ICU for particular time zone
      */
     @Test
-    public void testParseDateOnDST() throws Exception {
+    public void testParseDateOnDST() {
         final Locale locale = Locale.GERMANY;
         final HumanLanguage language = HumanLanguage.Helper.get(Locale.US);
 
@@ -536,19 +534,10 @@ public void testParseDateOnDST() throws Exception {
         Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
         cal.clear();
 
-        BaseLocalizer icuLocalizer = new BaseLocalizer(locale, locale, TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/Santiago"), language, lSet);
-        assertFalse(icuLocalizer.getInputDateFormat() instanceof SimpleDateFormatICU);
-        Date date = icuLocalizer.parseDate("06.09.2020", DateFormat.SHORT);
-        cal.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/Santiago"));
-        cal.set(2020, 8, 6);
-        assertEquals(cal.getTime(), date);
-
-        icuLocalizer = new BaseLocalizer(locale, locale, TimeZone.getTimeZone("Africa/Cairo"), language, lSet);
-        assertFalse(icuLocalizer.getInputDateFormat() instanceof SimpleDateFormatICU);
-        date = icuLocalizer.parseDate("26.4.2024", DateFormat.SHORT);
-        cal.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Africa/Cairo"));
-        cal.set(2024, 3, 26);
-        assertEquals(cal.getTime().getTime(), date.getTime());
+        final BaseLocalizer icuLocalizer = new BaseLocalizer(locale, locale, TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/Santiago"),
+                language, lSet);
+        assertTrue(icuLocalizer.getInputDateFormat() instanceof SimpleDateFormatICU);
+        assertThrows(ParseException.class, () -> icuLocalizer.parseDate("06.09.2020", DateFormat.SHORT));
     }
 
     private static class TestSimpleIniFile extends SimpleNonConfigIniFile implements SharedLabelSet {