diff --git a/cli/BUILD.gn b/cli/BUILD.gn
index 7f19f8b952662a..65b8ee43f23259 100644
--- a/cli/BUILD.gn
+++ b/cli/BUILD.gn
@@ -244,10 +244,6 @@ bundle("main_bundle") {
   deps = [
     ":deno_runtime_declaration",
     ":msg_ts",
-    ":write_gn_args",
-  ]
-  data = [
-    "$target_gen_dir/gn_args.txt",
   ]
 }
 
@@ -257,10 +253,6 @@ bundle("compiler_bundle") {
   deps = [
     ":deno_runtime_declaration",
     ":msg_ts",
-    ":write_gn_args",
-  ]
-  data = [
-    "$target_gen_dir/gn_args.txt",
   ]
 }
 
diff --git a/js/build.ts b/js/build.ts
index 6866e42a2833b4..1b02e786285989 100644
--- a/js/build.ts
+++ b/js/build.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ export interface BuildInfo {
 
   /** The operating system. */
   os: OperatingSystem;
-
-  /** The arguments passed to GN during build. See `gn help buildargs`. */
-  args: string;
 }
 
 // 'build' is injected by rollup.config.js at compile time.
@@ -23,8 +20,7 @@ export const build: BuildInfo = {
   /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
   arch: `ROLLUP_REPLACE_ARCH` as any,
   /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
-  os: `ROLLUP_REPLACE_OS` as any,
-  args: `ROLLUP_REPLACE_GN_ARGS`
+  os: `ROLLUP_REPLACE_OS` as any
 };
 
 // TODO(kevinkassimo): deprecate Deno.platform
diff --git a/js/build_test.ts b/js/build_test.ts
index 4a254e7a66684d..4423de338f1ff8 100644
--- a/js/build_test.ts
+++ b/js/build_test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,3 @@ test(function buildInfo(): void {
   assert(arch === "x64");
   assert(os === "mac" || os === "win" || os === "linux");
 });
-
-test(function buildGnArgs(): void {
-  assert(Deno.build.args.length > 100);
-});
diff --git a/rollup.config.js b/rollup.config.js
index 41f738baee406c..95f06f2b6fb223 100644
--- a/rollup.config.js
+++ b/rollup.config.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ const typescriptPath = path.resolve(
   __dirname,
   "third_party/node_modules/typescript/lib/typescript.js"
 );
-const gnArgs = fs.readFileSync("gen/cli/gn_args.txt", "utf-8").trim();
 
 // We will allow generated modules to be resolvable by TypeScript based on
 // the current build path
@@ -190,8 +189,7 @@ export default function makeConfig(commandOptions) {
       replace({
         ROLLUP_REPLACE_TS_VERSION: typescript.version,
         ROLLUP_REPLACE_ARCH: archNodeToDeno[process.arch],
-        ROLLUP_REPLACE_OS: osNodeToDeno[process.platform],
-        ROLLUP_REPLACE_GN_ARGS: gnArgs
+        ROLLUP_REPLACE_OS: osNodeToDeno[process.platform]
       }),
 
       // would prefer to use `rollup-plugin-virtual` to inject the empty module, but there
diff --git a/tools/write_gn_args.py b/tools/write_gn_args.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 145de4f491b01c..00000000000000
--- a/tools/write_gn_args.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2018-2019 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
-import os
-import sys
-import third_party
-from util import run_output, build_path
-
-out_filename = sys.argv[1]
-
-args_list = run_output([
-    third_party.gn_path, "args",
-    build_path(), "--list", "--short", "--overrides-only"
-],
-                       quiet=True,
-                       env=third_party.google_env(),
-                       exit_on_fail=True).out
-
-with open(out_filename, "w") as f:
-    f.write(args_list)