diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 8f47595856ddc1..c456c47be8c406 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -2274,7 +2274,7 @@ def make_bin_override():
 
 print_verbose("running: \n    " + " ".join(['python', 'tools/gyp_node.py'] + gyp_args))
 run_gyp(gyp_args)
-if sys.platform == 'win32':
+if options.compile_commands_json and sys.platform == 'win32':
   os.path.isfile('./compile_commands.json') and os.unlink('./compile_commands.json')
   shutil.copy2('./out/' + config['BUILDTYPE'] + '/compile_commands.json', './compile_commands.json')
 info('configure completed successfully')