diff --git a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
index 3154dcd7ec..92a9493e25 100644
--- a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
+++ b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
@@ -102,13 +102,6 @@ define HOST_NODEJS_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		--ninja
 endef
 
-NODEJS_HOST_TOOLS_V8 = \
-	torque \
-	gen-regexp-special-case \
-	bytecode_builtins_list_generator
-NODEJS_HOST_TOOLS_NODE = mkcodecache
-NODEJS_HOST_TOOLS = $(NODEJS_HOST_TOOLS_V8) $(NODEJS_HOST_TOOLS_NODE)
-
 HOST_NODEJS_CXXFLAGS = $(HOST_CXXFLAGS)
 
 define HOST_NODEJS_BUILD_CMDS
@@ -121,10 +114,6 @@ define HOST_NODEJS_INSTALL_CMDS
 	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) PYTHON=$(HOST_DIR)/bin/python3 \
 		$(MAKE) -C $(@D) install \
 		$(HOST_NODEJS_MAKE_OPTS)
-
-	$(foreach f,$(NODEJS_HOST_TOOLS), \
-		$(INSTALL) -m755 -D $(@D)/out/Release/$(f) $(HOST_DIR)/bin/$(f)
-	)
 endef
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_i386),y)