diff --git a/tools/gn b/tools/gn
index 4392174eb4739..214cc8d02bb6d 100755
--- a/tools/gn
+++ b/tools/gn
@@ -380,10 +380,6 @@ def to_gn_args(args):
     # on Android.
     gn_args['bssl_use_clang_integrated_as'] = True
 
-    # Enable pointer compression on 64-bit mobile targets.
-    if args.target_os in ['android', 'ios'] and gn_args['target_cpu'] in ['x64' , 'arm64']:
-      gn_args['dart_use_compressed_pointers'] = True
-
     return gn_args
 
 def parse_args(args):