diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 507ffb392..77c18f87c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ if( SPIRIT_SKIP_HTST )
     add_definitions( "-DSPIRIT_SKIP_HTST" )
     message( STATUS ">> Skipping compilation of HTST!" )
 endif()
+###
+if( SPIRIT_BUILD_FOR_JS )
+    set( SPIRIT_BUILD_FOR_CXX OFF )
+endif()
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