diff --git a/DEPS b/DEPS
index 4804950e86..c7b9c49e91 100644
--- a/DEPS
+++ b/DEPS
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ deps = {
   },
   'v8/third_party/catapult': {
     'url': Var('chromium_url') + '/catapult.git' + '@' + '2dd914402ebcc44ecb60034e5c7b9bfa3d0c9d89',
+    'condition': 'checkout_android',
   },
   'v8/third_party/colorama/src': {
     'url': Var('chromium_url') + '/external/colorama.git' + '@' + '799604a1041e9b3bc5d2789ecbd7e8db2e18e6b8',
diff --git a/tools/node/fetch_deps.py b/tools/node/fetch_deps.py
index 6e2c5cc2d2..7f34bb4179 100755
--- a/tools/node/fetch_deps.py
+++ b/tools/node/fetch_deps.py
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ GCLIENT_SOLUTION = [
       "v8/test/wasm-js"                       : None,
       "v8/third_party/android_ndk"            : None,
       "v8/third_party/android_tools"          : None,
-      # V8 currently depends indirectly on catapult. See crbug/887888.
-      # "v8/third_party/catapult"               : None,
+      "v8/third_party/catapult"               : None,
       "v8/third_party/colorama/src"           : None,
       "v8/third_party/fuchsia-sdk"            : None,
       "v8/third_party/instrumented_libraries" : None,
diff --git a/tools/node/update_node.py b/tools/node/update_node.py
index 7d08b1d969..fb3c2a0aec 100755
--- a/tools/node/update_node.py
+++ b/tools/node/update_node.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import node_common
 TARGET_SUBDIR = os.path.join("deps", "v8")
 
 SUB_REPOSITORIES = [ ["base", "trace_event", "common"],
-                     ["third_party", "catapult"],
                      ["third_party", "googletest", "src"] ]
 
 DELETE_FROM_GITIGNORE = [ "/base",