diff --git a/graal-js/mx.graal-js/native-image.properties b/graal-js/mx.graal-js/native-image.properties
index 722dbedcec5..029d2233e4d 100644
--- a/graal-js/mx.graal-js/native-image.properties
+++ b/graal-js/mx.graal-js/native-image.properties
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 
 Requires = language:regex
 
-JavaArgs = -Xmx3G \
-           -Dpolyglot.image-build-time.PreinitializeContexts=js
+JavaArgs = -Dpolyglot.image-build-time.PreinitializeContexts=js
 
 Args = -H:MaxRuntimeCompileMethods=10000 \
        --initialize-at-build-time=com.oracle.truffle.js,com.oracle.js.parser,com.oracle.truffle.regex \
diff --git a/graal-nodejs/mx.graal-nodejs/native-image.properties b/graal-nodejs/mx.graal-nodejs/native-image.properties
index aec8ec4f06e..f30655244b8 100644
--- a/graal-nodejs/mx.graal-nodejs/native-image.properties
+++ b/graal-nodejs/mx.graal-nodejs/native-image.properties
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ ImageName = nodejs
 
 Requires = language:js
 
-JavaArgs = -Xmx3G \
-           -Dpolyglot.engine.PreinitializeContexts=js \
+JavaArgs = -Dpolyglot.engine.PreinitializeContexts=js \
            -Dpolyglot.js.direct-byte-buffer=true \
            -Dpolyglot.js.v8-compat=true \
            -Dpolyglot.js.intl-402=true \