diff --git a/packages/nodejs/build.sh b/packages/nodejs/build.sh
index 97f1137d1..da514b7b5 100644
--- a/packages/nodejs/build.sh
+++ b/packages/nodejs/build.sh
@@ -11,17 +11,25 @@ TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="lib/node_modules/npm/html lib/node_modules/npm/make
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes
 
 termux_step_configure () {
-	# https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/266: "V8 can handle cross compiling of
-	# snapshots if the {CC,CXX}_host variables are defined, by compiling the
-	# mksnapshot executable with the host compiler". But this currently fails
-	# due to the host build picking up targets flags.
-	export CC_host=gcc
-	export CXX_host=g++
+	# See https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/266 about enabling snapshots
+	# when cross compiling. We use {CC,CXX}_host for compilation of code to
+	# be run on the build maching (snapshots when cross compiling are
+	# generated using a CPU emulator provided by v8) and {CC,CXX} for the
+	# cross compile. We unset flags such as CFLAGS as they would affect
+	# both the host and cross compiled build.
+	# Remaining issue to be solved before enabling snapshots by removing
+	# the --without-snapshot flag is that pkg-config picks up cross compilation
+	# flags which breaks the host build.
+	#export CC_host="gcc -pthread"
+	#export CXX_host="g++ -pthread"
+	#export CC="$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS"
+	#export CXX="$CXX $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS"
+	#export CFLAGS="-Os"
+	#export CXXFLAGS="-Os"
+	#unset CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS
 
-	local _EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS=""
 	if [ $TERMUX_ARCH = "arm" ]; then
 		DEST_CPU="arm"
-		_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS=" --with-arm-float-abi=hard --with-arm-fpu=neon"
 	elif [ $TERMUX_ARCH = "i686" ]; then
 		DEST_CPU="ia32"
 	elif [ $TERMUX_ARCH = "aarch64" ]; then
@@ -33,13 +41,15 @@ termux_step_configure () {
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
+	# See note above TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS why we do not use a shared libuv.
 	./configure \
 		--prefix=$TERMUX_PREFIX \
 		--dest-cpu=$DEST_CPU \
 		--dest-os=android \
-		--shared-openssl --shared-zlib --shared-cares \
-		--without-snapshot \
-		--without-intl \
+		--shared-cares \
+		--shared-openssl \
+		--shared-zlib \
 		--without-inspector \
-		$_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS
+		--without-intl \
+		--without-snapshot
 }