diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v18.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v18.nix
index b9a50c718cb2..e8783fc314cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v18.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v18.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,8 @@
-{ callPackage, lib, overrideCC, pkgs, buildPackages, openssl, python311, fetchpatch2, enableNpm ? true }:
+{ callPackage, lib, openssl, python311, fetchpatch2, enableNpm ? true }:
 
 let
-  # Clang 16+ cannot build Node v18 due to -Wenum-constexpr-conversion errors.
-  # Use an older version of clang with the current libc++ for compatibility (e.g., with icu).
-  ensureCompatibleCC = packages:
-    if packages.stdenv.cc.isClang && lib.versionAtLeast (lib.getVersion packages.stdenv.cc.cc) "16"
-      then overrideCC packages.llvmPackages_15.stdenv (packages.llvmPackages_15.stdenv.cc.override {
-        inherit (packages.llvmPackages) libcxx;
-      })
-      else packages.stdenv;
-
   buildNodejs = callPackage ./nodejs.nix {
     inherit openssl;
-    stdenv = ensureCompatibleCC pkgs;
-    buildPackages = buildPackages // { stdenv = ensureCompatibleCC buildPackages; };
     python = python311;
   };