diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index f018e0a34d5..4dab82602d6 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -851,7 +851,6 @@
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
         'deps/simdjson/simdjson.gyp:simdjson',
         'deps/simdutf/simdutf.gyp:simdutf',
-        'deps/ada/ada.gyp:ada',
         'deps/nbytes/nbytes.gyp:nbytes',
         'node_js2c#host',
       ],
@@ -1126,7 +1125,6 @@
         'deps/googletest/googletest.gyp:gtest_prod',
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
         'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
-        'deps/ada/ada.gyp:ada',
         'deps/nbytes/nbytes.gyp:nbytes',
       ],
       'includes': [
@@ -1175,7 +1173,6 @@
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
         'deps/simdjson/simdjson.gyp:simdjson',
         'deps/simdutf/simdutf.gyp:simdutf',
-        'deps/ada/ada.gyp:ada',
         'deps/nbytes/nbytes.gyp:nbytes',
       ],
 
@@ -1253,7 +1250,6 @@
       'dependencies': [
         '<(node_lib_target_name)',
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/ada/ada.gyp:ada',
         'deps/nbytes/nbytes.gyp:nbytes',
       ],
 
@@ -1367,7 +1363,6 @@
       'dependencies': [
         '<(node_lib_target_name)',
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/ada/ada.gyp:ada',
         'deps/nbytes/nbytes.gyp:nbytes',
         'deps/simdjson/simdjson.gyp:simdjson',
         'deps/simdutf/simdutf.gyp:simdutf',
diff --git a/node.gypi b/node.gypi
index 9c989022a9a..3646945241c 100644
--- a/node.gypi
+++ b/node.gypi
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@
       'dependencies': [ 'deps/nghttp2/nghttp2.gyp:nghttp2' ],
     }],
 
+    [ 'node_shared_ada=="false"', {
+        'dependencies': [ 'deps/ada/ada.gyp:ada' ],
+    }],
+
     [ 'node_shared_brotli=="false"', {
       'dependencies': [ 'deps/brotli/brotli.gyp:brotli' ],
     }],