Index: source/i18n/L10n.h
===================================================================
--- source/i18n/L10n.h
+++ source/i18n/L10n.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2021 Wildfire Games.
+/* Copyright (C) 2022 Wildfire Games.
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
  * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@
 	 * @sa GetSupportedLocaleBaseNames()
 	 * @sa GetSupportedLocaleDisplayNames()
 	 */
-	std::vector<std::unique_ptr<icu::Locale>> availableLocales;
+	std::vector<icu::Locale> availableLocales;
 
 	/**
 	 * Whether the game is using the default game locale (@c true), 'en_US', or
Index: source/i18n/L10n.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/i18n/L10n.cpp
+++ source/i18n/L10n.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2021 Wildfire Games.
+/* Copyright (C) 2022 Wildfire Games.
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
  * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@
 {
 	std::wstringstream stream;
 
-	auto checkLangAndCountry = [&locale](const std::unique_ptr<icu::Locale>& l) {
-		return strcmp(locale.getLanguage(), l->getLanguage()) == 0
-		       && strcmp(locale.getCountry(), l->getCountry()) == 0;
+	auto checkLangAndCountry = [&locale](const icu::Locale& l) {
+		return strcmp(locale.getLanguage(), l.getLanguage()) == 0
+		       && strcmp(locale.getCountry(), l.getCountry()) == 0;
 	};
 
 	if (strcmp(locale.getCountry(), "") != 0
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@
 		return stream.str();
 	}
 
-	auto checkLang = [&locale](const std::unique_ptr<icu::Locale>& l) {
-		return strcmp(locale.getLanguage(), l->getLanguage()) == 0;
+	auto checkLang = [&locale](const icu::Locale& l) {
+		return strcmp(locale.getLanguage(), l.getLanguage()) == 0;
 	};
 
 	if (std::find_if(availableLocales.begin(), availableLocales.end(), checkLang) != availableLocales.end())
@@ -288,11 +288,11 @@
 std::vector<std::string> L10n::GetSupportedLocaleBaseNames() const
 {
 	std::vector<std::string> supportedLocaleCodes;
-	for (const std::unique_ptr<icu::Locale>& locale : availableLocales)
+	for (const icu::Locale& locale : availableLocales)
 	{
-		if (!InDevelopmentCopy() && strcmp(locale->getBaseName(), "long") == 0)
+		if (!InDevelopmentCopy() && strcmp(locale.getBaseName(), "long") == 0)
 			continue;
-		supportedLocaleCodes.push_back(locale->getBaseName());
+		supportedLocaleCodes.push_back(locale.getBaseName());
 	}
 	return supportedLocaleCodes;
 }
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@
 std::vector<std::wstring> L10n::GetSupportedLocaleDisplayNames() const
 {
 	std::vector<std::wstring> supportedLocaleDisplayNames;
-	for (const std::unique_ptr<icu::Locale>& locale : availableLocales)
+	for (const icu::Locale& locale : availableLocales)
 	{
-		if (strcmp(locale->getBaseName(), "long") == 0)
+		if (strcmp(locale.getBaseName(), "long") == 0)
 		{
 			if (InDevelopmentCopy())
 				supportedLocaleDisplayNames.push_back(wstring_from_utf8(Translate("Long strings")));
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
 		}
 
 		icu::UnicodeString utf16LocaleDisplayName;
-		locale->getDisplayName(*locale, utf16LocaleDisplayName);
+		locale.getDisplayName(locale, utf16LocaleDisplayName);
 		char localeDisplayName[512];
 		icu::CheckedArrayByteSink sink(localeDisplayName, ARRAY_SIZE(localeDisplayName));
 		utf16LocaleDisplayName.toUTF8(sink);
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@
 	availableLocales.clear();
 
 	// US is always available.
-	availableLocales.emplace_back(new icu::Locale(icu::Locale::getUS()));
+	availableLocales.push_back(icu::Locale::getUS());
 
 	VfsPaths filenames;
 	if (vfs::GetPathnames(g_VFS, L"l10n/", L"*.po", filenames) < 0)
@@ -568,10 +568,8 @@
 		std::string filename = utf8_from_wstring(path.string()).substr(strlen("l10n/"));
 		size_t lengthToFirstDot = filename.find('.');
 		std::string localeCode = filename.substr(0, lengthToFirstDot);
-		std::unique_ptr<icu::Locale> locale = std::make_unique<icu::Locale>(icu::Locale::createCanonical(localeCode.c_str()));
-		auto it = std::find_if(availableLocales.begin(), availableLocales.end(), [&locale](const std::unique_ptr<icu::Locale>& l) {
-			return *locale == *l;
-		});
+		icu::Locale locale(icu::Locale::createCanonical(localeCode.c_str()));
+		const auto it = std::find(availableLocales.begin(), availableLocales.end(), locale);
 		if (it != availableLocales.end())
 			continue;