diff --git a/.gn b/.gn
index 78704bff..d81db032 100644
--- a/.gn
+++ b/.gn
@@ -50,4 +50,10 @@ default_args = {
   # This is problematic for Deno, which has separate "runtime" and "typescript
   # compiler" snapshots, and sometimes uses them both at the same time.
   v8_enable_shared_ro_heap = false
+
+  # V8 introduced a bug in 11.1 that causes the External Pointer Table to never
+  # be cleaned which causes resource exhaustion. Disabling pointer compression
+  # makes sure that the EPT is not used.
+  # https://bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issues/detail?id=13640&q=garbage%20collection&can=2
+  v8_enable_pointer_compression = false
 }
diff --git a/src/binding.cc b/src/binding.cc
index e790c6b6..6f7f5695 100644
--- a/src/binding.cc
+++ b/src/binding.cc
@@ -2913,14 +2913,6 @@ void v8__HeapProfiler__TakeHeapSnapshot(v8::Isolate* isolate,
   const_cast<v8::HeapSnapshot*>(snapshot)->Delete();
 }
 
-// This is necessary for v8__internal__GetIsolateFromHeapObject() to be
-// reliable enough for our purposes.
-#if UINTPTR_MAX == 0xffffffffffffffff && \
-    !(defined V8_SHARED_RO_HEAP or defined V8_COMPRESS_POINTERS)
-#error V8 must be built with either the 'v8_enable_pointer_compression' or \
-'v8_enable_shared_ro_heap' feature enabled.
-#endif
-
 v8::Isolate* v8__internal__GetIsolateFromHeapObject(const v8::Data& data) {
   namespace i = v8::internal;
   i::Object object(reinterpret_cast<const i::Address&>(data));