diff --git a/editor/export/editor_export_platform.cpp b/editor/export/editor_export_platform.cpp
index 8da52e20f782..27ca0b84a145 100644
--- a/editor/export/editor_export_platform.cpp
+++ b/editor/export/editor_export_platform.cpp
@@ -1294,7 +1294,9 @@ Error EditorExportPlatform::export_project_files(const Ref<EditorExportPreset> &
 			} else {
 				// Use default text server data.
 				String icu_data_file = EditorPaths::get_singleton()->get_cache_dir().path_join("tmp_icu_data");
-				TS->save_support_data(icu_data_file);
+				if (!TS->save_support_data(icu_data_file)) {
+					return ERR_INVALID_DATA;
+				}
 				Vector<uint8_t> array = FileAccess::get_file_as_bytes(icu_data_file);
 				err = p_func(p_udata, ts_data, array, idx, total, enc_in_filters, enc_ex_filters, key);
 				DirAccess::remove_file_or_error(icu_data_file);
diff --git a/main/main.cpp b/main/main.cpp
index cfde124b9054..eff30bee9b0f 100644
--- a/main/main.cpp
+++ b/main/main.cpp
@@ -524,7 +524,11 @@ Error Main::test_setup() {
 		}
 	}
 	if (text_driver_idx >= 0) {
-		TextServerManager::get_singleton()->set_primary_interface(TextServerManager::get_singleton()->get_interface(text_driver_idx));
+		Ref<TextServer> ts = TextServerManager::get_singleton()->get_interface(text_driver_idx);
+		TextServerManager::get_singleton()->set_primary_interface(ts);
+		if (ts->has_feature(TextServer::FEATURE_USE_SUPPORT_DATA)) {
+			ts->load_support_data("res://" + ts->get_support_data_filename());
+		}
 	} else {
 		ERR_FAIL_V_MSG(ERR_CANT_CREATE, "TextServer: Unable to create TextServer interface.");
 	}
@@ -2238,7 +2242,11 @@ Error Main::setup2(Thread::ID p_main_tid_override) {
 		}
 	}
 	if (text_driver_idx >= 0) {
-		TextServerManager::get_singleton()->set_primary_interface(TextServerManager::get_singleton()->get_interface(text_driver_idx));
+		Ref<TextServer> ts = TextServerManager::get_singleton()->get_interface(text_driver_idx);
+		TextServerManager::get_singleton()->set_primary_interface(ts);
+		if (ts->has_feature(TextServer::FEATURE_USE_SUPPORT_DATA)) {
+			ts->load_support_data("res://" + ts->get_support_data_filename());
+		}
 	} else {
 		ERR_FAIL_V_MSG(ERR_CANT_CREATE, "TextServer: Unable to create TextServer interface.");
 	}
diff --git a/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.cpp b/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.cpp
index 8d72ba12f64b..e53aef965aa5 100644
--- a/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.cpp
+++ b/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.cpp
@@ -443,19 +443,11 @@ bool TextServerAdvanced::_load_support_data(const String &p_filename) {
 }
 
 String TextServerAdvanced::_get_support_data_filename() const {
-#ifdef ICU_STATIC_DATA
 	return _MKSTR(ICU_DATA_NAME);
-#else
-	return String();
-#endif
 }
 
 String TextServerAdvanced::_get_support_data_info() const {
-#ifdef ICU_STATIC_DATA
 	return String("ICU break iteration data (") + _MKSTR(ICU_DATA_NAME) + String(").");
-#else
-	return String();
-#endif
 }
 
 bool TextServerAdvanced::_save_support_data(const String &p_filename) const {