diff --git a/packages/gatsby/package.json b/packages/gatsby/package.json
index 13058324b9f57..ebb5aa169dafb 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby/package.json
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@
     "type-of": "^2.0.1",
     "url-loader": "^4.1.1",
     "uuid": "^8.3.2",
-    "v8-compile-cache": "^2.3.0",
     "webpack": "^5.61.0",
     "webpack-dev-middleware": "^4.3.0",
     "webpack-merge": "^5.8.0",
diff --git a/packages/gatsby/src/utils/webpack.config.js b/packages/gatsby/src/utils/webpack.config.js
index 488fcceb5683f..c2dacced66230 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/src/utils/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby/src/utils/webpack.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require(`v8-compile-cache`)
-
 const crypto = require(`crypto`)
 const fs = require(`fs-extra`)
 const path = require(`path`)
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a842cab4e6094..d443a33c6581d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -24104,7 +24104,7 @@ uuid@^8.3.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.2.tgz#80d5b5ced271bb9af6c445f21a1a04c606cefbe2"
   integrity sha512-+NYs2QeMWy+GWFOEm9xnn6HCDp0l7QBD7ml8zLUmJ+93Q5NF0NocErnwkTkXVFNiX3/fpC6afS8Dhb/gz7R7eg==
 
-v8-compile-cache@^2.0.3, v8-compile-cache@^2.2.0, v8-compile-cache@^2.3.0:
+v8-compile-cache@^2.0.3, v8-compile-cache@^2.2.0:
   version "2.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/v8-compile-cache/-/v8-compile-cache-2.3.0.tgz#2de19618c66dc247dcfb6f99338035d8245a2cee"
   integrity sha512-l8lCEmLcLYZh4nbunNZvQCJc5pv7+RCwa8q/LdUx8u7lsWvPDKmpodJAJNwkAhJC//dFY48KuIEmjtd4RViDrA==