diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 15db442be6e..1d12703c515 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1710,7 +1710,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "icu_normalizer",
  "icu_properties",
  "icu_provider",
- "icu_testdata",
  "tinystr",
 ]
 
diff --git a/experimental/harfbuzz/Cargo.toml b/experimental/harfbuzz/Cargo.toml
index 7f8a865d7f2..d2cf0134771 100644
--- a/experimental/harfbuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/experimental/harfbuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ displaydoc = { version = "0.2.3", default-features = false }
 tinystr = { version = "0.7.1", path = "../../utils/tinystr", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-icu_testdata = { path = "../../provider/testdata" }
 harfbuzz = { version = "0.4.0" }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/experimental/harfbuzz/README.md b/experimental/harfbuzz/README.md
index c895a56115c..28af9630aa7 100644
--- a/experimental/harfbuzz/README.md
+++ b/experimental/harfbuzz/README.md
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ Using ICU4X as the Unicode Database back end for HarfBuzz.
 
 ```rust
 use harfbuzz::{Buffer, Direction, sys};
-use icu_harfbuzz::new_hb_unicode_funcs_unstable;
 
 let mut b = Buffer::with("مساء الخير");
 
-let unicode_funcs = new_hb_unicode_funcs_unstable(&icu_testdata::unstable()).unwrap();
+let unicode_funcs = icu_harfbuzz::new_hb_unicode_funcs().unwrap();
 
 // NOTE: This currently requires `unsafe` code. For progress toward a safe abstraction, see:
 // <https://github.com/servo/rust-harfbuzz/pull/197>
diff --git a/experimental/harfbuzz/src/lib.rs b/experimental/harfbuzz/src/lib.rs
index de965ce7a79..1143f6c6fc8 100644
--- a/experimental/harfbuzz/src/lib.rs
+++ b/experimental/harfbuzz/src/lib.rs
@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@
 //!
 //! ```
 //! use harfbuzz::{Buffer, Direction, sys};
-//! use icu_harfbuzz::new_hb_unicode_funcs_unstable;
 //!
 //! let mut b = Buffer::with("مساء الخير");
 //!
-//! let unicode_funcs = new_hb_unicode_funcs_unstable(&icu_testdata::unstable()).unwrap();
+//! let unicode_funcs = icu_harfbuzz::new_hb_unicode_funcs().unwrap();
 //!
 //! // NOTE: This currently requires `unsafe` code. For progress toward a safe abstraction, see:
 //! // <https://github.com/servo/rust-harfbuzz/pull/197>