diff --git a/dist-build/emscripten-wasm.sh b/dist-build/emscripten-wasm.sh
index 3ff6ed92..96d5f983 100755
--- a/dist-build/emscripten-wasm.sh
+++ b/dist-build/emscripten-wasm.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ else
     echo 'node.js not found - test suite skipped' >&2
     exit 1
   fi
-  export NODE="${NODE} --expose-wasm"
   echo "Using [${NODE}] as a Javascript runtime"
   echo 'Compiling the test suite...' && \
     emmake make $MAKE_FLAGS check > /dev/null 2>&1