diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 98a96ac0cbc64d..ddcc37df54bd90 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1027,6 +1027,10 @@ def configure_v8(o):
   o['variables']['node_use_bundled_v8'] = b(not options.without_bundled_v8)
   o['variables']['force_dynamic_crt'] = 1 if options.shared else 0
   o['variables']['node_enable_d8'] = b(options.enable_d8)
+  # Unconditionally force typed arrays to allocate outside the v8 heap. This
+  # is to prevent memory pointers from being moved around that are returned by
+  # Buffer::Data().
+  o['variables']['v8_typed_array_max_size_in_heap'] = 0
   if options.enable_d8:
     o['variables']['test_isolation_mode'] = 'noop'  # Needed by d8.gyp.
   if options.without_bundled_v8 and options.enable_d8:
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index d515e6712bc879..ed2f0c14ff3c59 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -4232,12 +4232,6 @@ void Init(int* argc,
   }
 #endif
 
-  // Unconditionally force typed arrays to allocate outside the v8 heap. This
-  // is to prevent memory pointers from being moved around that are returned by
-  // Buffer::Data().
-  const char no_typed_array_heap[] = "--typed_array_max_size_in_heap=0";
-  V8::SetFlagsFromString(no_typed_array_heap, sizeof(no_typed_array_heap) - 1);
-
   // Needed for access to V8 intrinsics.  Disabled again during bootstrapping,
   // see lib/internal/bootstrap_node.js.
   const char allow_natives_syntax[] = "--allow_natives_syntax";