diff --git a/java_console/ui/build.gradle b/java_console/ui/build.gradle
index c22363e02f..5fcaa2dded 100644
--- a/java_console/ui/build.gradle
+++ b/java_console/ui/build.gradle
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ plugins {
     id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '6.1.0'
 }
 
+configurations {
+    // not sure what is this and why but it's huge
+    all*.exclude group: 'com.ibm.icu', module: 'icu4j'
+}
+
 dependencies {
     implementation project(':shared_ui')
     implementation project(':autotest')