diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index ea8fb85c26e14f..df4cea663ec9bc 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -857,7 +857,6 @@
       'dependencies': [
         'deps/googletest/googletest.gyp:gtest_prod',
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/simdjson/simdjson.gyp:simdjson',
         'deps/simdutf/simdutf.gyp:simdutf',
         'deps/nbytes/nbytes.gyp:nbytes',
         'node_js2c#host',
@@ -1180,7 +1179,6 @@
         'deps/googletest/googletest.gyp:gtest',
         'deps/googletest/googletest.gyp:gtest_main',
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/simdjson/simdjson.gyp:simdjson',
         'deps/simdutf/simdutf.gyp:simdutf',
         'deps/nbytes/nbytes.gyp:nbytes',
       ],
@@ -1373,7 +1371,6 @@
         '<(node_lib_target_name)',
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
         'deps/nbytes/nbytes.gyp:nbytes',
-        'deps/simdjson/simdjson.gyp:simdjson',
         'deps/simdutf/simdutf.gyp:simdutf',
       ],
 
diff --git a/node.gypi b/node.gypi
index 3646945241c0d9..63710d07f552a1 100644
--- a/node.gypi
+++ b/node.gypi
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@
         'dependencies': [ 'deps/ada/ada.gyp:ada' ],
     }],
 
+    [ 'node_shared_simdjson=="false"', {
+        'dependencies': [ 'deps/simdjson/simdjson.gyp:simdjson' ],
+    }],
+
     [ 'node_shared_brotli=="false"', {
       'dependencies': [ 'deps/brotli/brotli.gyp:brotli' ],
     }],