diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix
index bd90641c16f2..e9872948e47c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ let
     ] ++ (lib.optionals isCross [
       "--cross-compiling"
       "--without-intl"
-      "--without-snapshot"
       "--dest-cpu=${let platform = stdenv.hostPlatform; in
                     if      platform.isAarch32 then "arm"
                     else if platform.isAarch64 then "arm64"