diff --git a/graal-js/ci.jsonnet b/graal-js/ci.jsonnet
index 6d67eff45f1..506e6ce410a 100644
--- a/graal-js/ci.jsonnet
+++ b/graal-js/ci.jsonnet
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ local ci = import '../ci.jsonnet';
     run+: [
       ['mx', 'gate', '--all-suites', '--no-warning-as-error', '--strict-mode', '--tags', 'build,${TAGS}'],
     ],
+    timelimit: '1:00:00',
   },
 
   local interopJmhBenchmarks = common.buildCompiler + {
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ local ci = import '../ci.jsonnet';
       promoteToTarget(common.postMerge, [ci.mainGatePlatform]),
 
     // PGO profiles
-    graalJs + downstreamSubstratevmEE   + {environment+: {TAGS: 'pgo_collect_js'}}                        + {name: 'pgo-profiles', timelimit: '1:00:00'} +
+    graalJs + downstreamSubstratevmEE   + {environment+: {TAGS: 'pgo_collect_js'}}                        + {name: 'pgo-profiles'} +
       promoteToTarget(common.postMerge, [ci.mainGatePlatform]) +
       excludePlatforms([common.darwin_amd64]),   # Too slow
   ], defaultTarget=common.weekly),
diff --git a/graal-nodejs/mx.graal-nodejs/mx_graal_nodejs.py b/graal-nodejs/mx.graal-nodejs/mx_graal_nodejs.py
index 145dda92bda..50e4c2cce90 100644
--- a/graal-nodejs/mx.graal-nodejs/mx_graal_nodejs.py
+++ b/graal-nodejs/mx.graal-nodejs/mx_graal_nodejs.py
@@ -213,9 +213,6 @@ def build(self):
             processDevkitRoot(env=build_env)
             _setEnvVar('PATH', pathsep.join([build_env['PATH']] + [mx.library(lib_name).get_path(True) for lib_name in ('NASM', 'NINJA')]), build_env)
             extra_flags = ['--ninja', '--dest-cpu=x64']
-        elif _current_arch == 'aarch64':
-            # we do not use compiler recent enough to support neon
-            extra_flags = ['--with-arm-fpu=vfp']
         else:
             extra_flags = []