diff --git a/projects/nodejs.org/package.yml b/projects/nodejs.org/package.yml
index f4faac27..2f0efb36 100644
--- a/projects/nodejs.org/package.yml
+++ b/projects/nodejs.org/package.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ dependencies:
   unicode.org: ^71
   openssl.org: 1.1
   zlib.net: 1
+  linux:
+    gnu.org/gcc: '*' # libc++, since 22.2.0
 
 provides:
   - bin/node
@@ -23,9 +25,6 @@ interprets:
 
 build:
   dependencies:
-    # otherwise, we hit https://reviews.llvm.org/D131307
-    linux:
-      llvm.org: '<16'
     python.org: ~3.9
   script:
     - run: python configure.py $ARGS
@@ -47,10 +46,6 @@ build:
       - --prefix={{ prefix }}
       - --shared-openssl
       - --shared-zlib
-    linux:
-      CC: clang
-      CXX: clang++
-      AS: llvm-as
     linux/x86-64:
       CFLAGS: -fPIC
       CXXFLAGS: -fPIC