--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1241,10 +1241,6 @@ def configure_node(o):
 
   o['variables']['want_separate_host_toolset'] = int(cross_compiling)
 
-  # Enable branch protection for arm64
-  if target_arch == 'arm64':
-    o['cflags']+=['-msign-return-address=all']
-
   if options.node_snapshot_main is not None:
     if options.shared:
       # This should be possible to fix, but we will need to refactor the