diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 62c01aaf6a386d..d3d58aac383ccb 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
     action='store_const',
     dest='with_intl',
     const='none',
-    help='Disable Intl, same as --with-intl=none (disables inspector)')
+    help='Disable Intl, same as --with-intl=none')
 
 intl_optgroup.add_argument('--with-icu-path',
     action='store',
@@ -1977,7 +1977,6 @@ def icu_download(path):
 
 def configure_inspector(o):
   disable_inspector = (options.without_inspector or
-                       options.with_intl in (None, 'none') or
                        options.without_ssl)
   o['variables']['v8_enable_inspector'] = 0 if disable_inspector else 1