diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.32 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.32
index b1192d086d4..62e3df88bf9 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.32
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.32
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ because of Phabricator reports.
 * Overriding SearchEngine::{searchText,searchTitle,searchArchiveTitle}
   in extending classes is deprecated.  Extend related doSearch* methods
   instead.
+* CollationFa has been removed completely as it's not needed anymore
 
 === Other changes in 1.32 ===
 * Soft hyphens (U+00AD) are now automatically removed from titles; these
diff --git a/autoload.php b/autoload.php
index c55b931235e..9e876db955f 100644
--- a/autoload.php
+++ b/autoload.php
@@ -280,7 +280,6 @@ $wgAutoloadLocalClasses = [
 	'Collation' => __DIR__ . '/includes/collation/Collation.php',
 	'CollationCkb' => __DIR__ . '/includes/collation/CollationCkb.php',
 	'CollationEt' => __DIR__ . '/includes/collation/CollationEt.php',
-	'CollationFa' => __DIR__ . '/includes/collation/CollationFa.php',
 	'CommandLineInc' => __DIR__ . '/maintenance/commandLine.inc',
 	'CommandLineInstaller' => __DIR__ . '/maintenance/install.php',
 	'CommentStore' => __DIR__ . '/includes/CommentStore.php',
diff --git a/includes/collation/Collation.php b/includes/collation/Collation.php
index 30cae5a8833..f52dcae017c 100644
--- a/includes/collation/Collation.php
+++ b/includes/collation/Collation.php
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ abstract class Collation {
 				return new CollationCkb;
 			case 'xx-uca-et':
 				return new CollationEt;
-			case 'xx-uca-fa':
-				return new CollationFa;
 			case 'uppercase-ab':
 				return new AbkhazUppercaseCollation;
 			case 'uppercase-ba':
diff --git a/includes/collation/CollationFa.php b/includes/collation/CollationFa.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 7410886ecad..00000000000
--- a/includes/collation/CollationFa.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
- * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
- * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
- *
- * @file
- */
-
-/**
- * Temporary workaround for incorrect collation of Persian language ('fa') in ICU 52 (bug T139110).
- *
- * Replace with other letters that appear in an okish spot in the alphabet
- *
- *  - Characters 'و' 'ا' (often appear at the beginning of words)
- *  - Characters 'ٲ' 'ٳ' (may appear at the beginning of words in loanwords)
- *
- * @since 1.29
- */
-class CollationFa extends IcuCollation {
-
-	// Really hacky - replace with stuff from other blocks.
-	private $override = [
-		// U+0627 ARABIC LETTER ALEF => U+0623 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE
-		"\xd8\xa7" => "\xd8\xa3",
-		// U+0648 ARABIC LETTER WAW => U+0649 ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA
-		"\xd9\x88" => "\xd9\x89",
-		// U+0672 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH WAVY HAMZA ABOVE => U+F3001 (private use area)
-		"\xd9\xb2" => "\xF3\xB3\x80\x81",
-		// U+0673 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH WAVY HAMZA BELOW => U+F3002 (private use area)
-		"\xd9\xb3" => "\xF3\xB3\x80\x82",
-	];
-
-	public function __construct() {
-		parent::__construct( 'fa' );
-	}
-
-	public function getSortKey( $string ) {
-		$modified = strtr( $string, $this->override );
-		return parent::getSortKey( $modified );
-	}
-
-	public function getFirstLetter( $string ) {
-		if ( isset( $this->override[substr( $string, 0, 2 )] ) ) {
-			return substr( $string, 0, 2 );
-		}
-		return parent::getFirstLetter( $string );
-	}
-}
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/includes/collation/CollationFaTest.php b/tests/phpunit/includes/collation/CollationFaTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index f7455419ad9..00000000000
--- a/tests/phpunit/includes/collation/CollationFaTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @covers CollationFa
- */
-class CollationFaTest extends MediaWikiTestCase {
-
-	/*
-	 * The ordering is a weird hack designed to work only with a very
-	 * specific version of libicu, and as such can't really be unit tested
-	 * against a random version of libicu
-	 */
-
-	public function setUp() {
-		parent::setUp();
-		$this->checkPHPExtension( 'intl' );
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @dataProvider provideGetFirstLetter
-	 */
-	public function testGetFirstLetter( $letter, $str ) {
-		$coll = new CollationFa;
-		$this->assertEquals( $letter, $coll->getFirstLetter( $str ), $str );
-	}
-
-	public function provideGetFirstLetter() {
-		return [
-			[
-				'۷',
-				'۷'
-			],
-			[
-				'ا',
-				'ا'
-			],
-			[
-				'ا',
-				'ایران'
-			],
-			[
-				'ب',
-				'برلین'
-			],
-			[
-				'و',
-				'واو'
-			],
-			[ "\xd8\xa7", "\xd8\xa7Foo" ],
-			[ "\xd9\x88", "\xd9\x88Foo" ],
-			[ "\xd9\xb2", "\xd9\xb2Foo" ],
-			[ "\xd9\xb3", "\xd9\xb3Foo" ],
-		];
-	}
-}