diff --git a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
index ad598d9a2d..c2cb05ed00 100644
--- a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
+++ b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
@@ -56,14 +56,8 @@ else ifeq ($(BR2_mipsel),y)
 NODEJS_CPU = mipsel
 else ifeq ($(BR2_arm),y)
 NODEJS_CPU = arm
-# V8 needs to know what floating point ABI the target is using.  There's also
-# a 'hard' option which we're not exposing here at the moment, because
-# buildroot itself doesn't really support it at present.
-ifeq ($(BR2_SOFT_FLOAT),y)
-NODEJS_ARM_FP = soft
-else
-NODEJS_ARM_FP = softfp
-endif
+# V8 needs to know what floating point ABI the target is using.
+NODEJS_ARM_FP = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_FLOAT_ABI))
 endif
 
 define NODEJS_CONFIGURE_CMDS