diff --git a/databases/mongodb50/Makefile b/databases/mongodb50/Makefile
index 349b57e1864f..d170ac36b54a 100644
--- a/databases/mongodb50/Makefile
+++ b/databases/mongodb50/Makefile
@@ -50,10 +50,9 @@ USERS=		mongodb
 GROUPS=		mongodb
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=			LTO SASL SSL
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=		LTO SASL SSL
-OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_aarch64=	${OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_${ARCH}_${OSREL:R}}
-OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_aarch64_14=	LTO # Does not work with llvm12/llvm13 on aarch64.
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=		SASL SSL
 
+# Building MongoDB with LTO uses a lot of memory (32+ GB on amd64 is reported)
 LTO_MAKE_ARGS=	--lto=on
 
 SASL_LIB_DEPENDS=	libsasl2.so:security/cyrus-sasl2