diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index cc53811fd7f..ddeb46c62b2 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ def configure_v8(o, configs):
   o['variables']['v8_enable_pointer_compression'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
   o['variables']['v8_enable_sandbox'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
   o['variables']['v8_enable_31bit_smis_on_64bit_arch'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
-  o['variables']['v8_enable_shared_ro_heap'] = 0 if options.enable_pointer_compression or options.disable_shared_ro_heap else 1
+  o['variables']['v8_enable_shared_ro_heap'] = 0 if options.disable_shared_ro_heap else 1
   o['variables']['v8_enable_extensible_ro_snapshot'] = 0
   o['variables']['v8_trace_maps'] = 1 if options.trace_maps else 0
   o['variables']['node_use_v8_platform'] = b(not options.without_v8_platform)