diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8808cfcfb56..cb01c2d99a2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ config = '\n'.join(map('='.join, config.iteritems())) + '\n'
 write('config.mk',
       '# Do not edit. Generated by the configure script.\n' + config)
 
-gyp_args = [sys.executable, 'tools/gyp_node.py', '--no-parallel', '--no-duplicate-basename-check']
+gyp_args = [sys.executable, 'tools/gyp_node.py', '--no-parallel']
 
 if options.use_xcode:
   gyp_args += ['-f', 'xcode']